Barkey says Turkish FM undersecretary, embassy knew of Büyükada meeting
US academic Henri Barkey, who is being sought by a Turkish prosecutor for planning last year’s failed coup attempt during a secret meeting on...
Turkish court accepts indictment against journalist over alleged insults to Erdoğan
An Istanbul court on Thursday accepted an indictment seeking up to 15 years in prison for journalist Furkan Karabay on charges of “insulting the...
Football fan sentenced to 11 months in jail for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan
Fikret Yorgun, a staunch Bursapor fan, on Wednesday received a suspended jail sentence of eleven months for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in...
Journalist detained by Turkish police in Mersin for carrying a magazine
A journalist working for the Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper, Özkan Erdal, has been detained in Tarsus district of Mersin province, Evrensel daily reported on Friday....
Two consecutive life sentences sought for 13 Turkish journalists, singer on coup charges
An indictment drafted by the İstanbul Chief Prosecutor’s Office seeks two consecutive life sentences for 13 journalists including Atilla Taş, a pop singer and...
CHP: 12 journalists detained, 4 arrested, 11 imprisoned in Turkey in October
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy and former journalist Barış Yarkadaş said on Monday that 12 journalists have been detained, 4 arrested and...
Twitter appointing representative to Turkey in line with controversial law: pro-gov’t daily
Popular social media giant Twitter will appoint a representative to Turkey in line with a controversial social media law after the company and others...
Zaman daily’s Ankara office given to Erdoğan media group without any tender
Pro-government newspaper Akit reported on Sunday that the Ankara office of the Zaman Media Group, which was seized unlawfully in March 2016, was sold...
Journalist Hakkı Boltan should not go to prison for exercising his freedom of speech,...
Journalist Hakkı Boltan, who was sentenced to prison on charges of insulting government officials, should not go to prison for exercising his freedom of...
Journalist İzgen Gökçe detained by Turkish police in Bartın province
Journalist İzgen Gökçe, an editor of İleri Haber, was detained by police in Turkey's Bartın province on Tuesday. During the raid the apartment of...
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