Erdoğanist journalist: US soldiers, diplomats to be executed in case of 2nd coup attempt
The US soldiers and diplomats in Turkey and elsewhere will be executed by “revenge teams” in case of a second coup attempt in the...
Turkish prosecutor shows tweets and retweets as evidence for accusing jailed journalists of being...
The case over the alleged media structure of the Gülen movement regarding 29 journalists on trial has eventually come to the decision stage. Among...
Turkish watchdog warns Twitter over popular anti-government hashtags
Ömer Fatih Sayan, the director of Turkey’s Information Technologies and Communication Council (BTK), an Internet watchdog responsible for digital censorship in the country, has...
Turkish election board refuses to allow Demirtaş to participate in political TV show by...
Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) on Wednesday refused a request by Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), to...
Police cybercrime unit monitoring 45 million social media accounts in Turkey
The Turkish National Police’s anti-cybercrime department is monitoring some 45 million social media users in the country for possible criminal activity committed through the...
Pro-Kurdish DİHA journalist Oruç released today, detained by Turkish police again
Şerife Oruç, a journalist for the now-closed pro-Kurdish Dicle news agency (DİHA), was detained on Monday again after the Batman 2nd High Criminal Court...
Turkish journalist receives threat after story on sale of Yazidi girl by ISIL in...
Turkish journalist Hale Gönültaş received a phone call on Monday during which she was told to “watch her step” after she wrote a story...
Turkish journalists ‘forgotten in Silivri Prison’ say they expect justice
"We are forgotten journalists in Silivri Prison,” said a group of Turkish journalists who are being held in İstanbul's Silivri Prison as part of...
Turkish TV anchor testifies due to allegedly insulting Erdoğan in tweet about banned theater...
Turkey’s private FOX TV anchor Fatih Portakal testified to a prosecutor in Istanbul after an investigation was launched to determine whether he had insulted...
Gunman who assaulted Turkish journalist sentenced to 10 months in prison
The Turkish court overseeing the case of an armed assault against journalist Can Dündar has sentenced Murat Şahin, one of three suspects in the...
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