CPJ calls on Merkel to bring up media freedoms during Turkey visit
A leading press freedom advocacy group, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), has sent a letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel urging her to...
Report: Foreign journalists face obstacles in getting accreditation in Turkey
While pressure of the government over free and critical media remains as one of the most prevailing problems in Turkey, AKP government’s approach is...
Turkish justice minister claims only 30 journalists jailed in Turkey
Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has claimed that there are only 30 journalists in Turkey’s prisons and that some jailed individuals may have wrongfully...
Freedom House: Turkey posts second worst decline in freedoms in a decade
Turkey has shared the second most dramatic decline in freedoms in the last decade with African nation Gambia, according to new ranking by Freedom...
PURGE IN PAST 10 DAYS: 1,325 detained, 652 arrested in post-coup operations
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and...
Former TRT announcer detained as tries to flee from Turkey
Former TRT announcer Hamza Günerigök has been detained as he was trying to flee from Turkey to Greece in illegal ways. The government has...
Turkey jails Iranian-Kurdish writer Jiyar Cihanferd in Mardin
A Mardin court on Sunday ruled for the arrest of Iranian-Kurdish writer Jiyar Cihanferd and his friend Hassan Balada on charges of “membership in...
HRW Slams European Rights Body Over Missing Chance to Tackle Turkey Crisis
International human rights advocacy organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has slammed the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE on the fact that...
COMMENTARY – Saga of Dutch journalist tells the tale of Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
There is no shortage of examples about how the Turkish government scapegoats innocent people for the problems it has created in an...
Eyeing increased trade with Turkey, British PM meets with Erdoğan, PM Amid Massive Right...
In her first visit to Ankara as head of government and following a meeting with US President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Theresa May...
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