Dissident Iranian journalist who disappeared in Turkey deported to Iran

Mohammad Bagher Moradi, a dissident Iranian journalist who disappeared in Ankara in May, is now in the custody of Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards...

Pro-government mafia leader again threatens exiled journalist, Gülen movement followers

Sedat Peker, a pro-government mafia leader in Turkey, in a street interview aired on TV openly threatened followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in...

Journalists Hürtaş, Demir and dozens more detained by Turkish police over criticism against Afrin...

Journalist Sibel Hürtaş, Ankara Bureau Chief of Germany-based online news outlet Artı Gerçek was detained by Turkish police at her house in Ankara on...

There are clear indications of the existence of hit lists targeting Turkish government critics...

There are clear indications of hit lists targeting Turkish government critics in Germany, Interior Ministry Undersecretary Dr. Helmut Teichmann said in response to a...

Turkish journalist faces forced court appearance on insult, libel charges

A court in İstanbul has ruled that journalist Doğan Akın be brought by force to the next hearing of his trial on charges of...

Turkish journalist Gültekin Avcı has been held in prison for 3 years just because...

Gültekin Avcı (49), a former Turkish prosecutor and a journalist-columnist, has been held in prison by the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip...

Over 41,000 education staff dismissed since 2016 coup attempt in Turkey

A total of 34,000 teachers have been dismissed along with 5,882 academics and 1,372 administrative personnel from universities in Turkey as part of a...

Turkey ranks 155th in RSF’s World Press Freedom Index

Turkey, which has around 200 journalists jailed in its prisons, is ranked 155th among 180 countries in the 2017 World Press Freedom Index released...

Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens main opposition CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu with arrest

Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has threatened main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu with possible arrest by saying on Saturday that...

Jailed HDP leader Demirtaş: My prison cell was searched after tweets from my account

Imprisoned Kurdish political leader Selahattin Demirtaş said in messages posted on his Twitter account on Saturday that his cell was searched after tweets were...
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