Turkey still the world’s biggest jailer of journalists, says Pen International
Turkey is still the world’s number-one jailer of journalists, said Pen International in its 2019 case list, which monitored 212 cases of repression of writers...
Infographic: July 15, 2016 | Blow to Human Rights
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Activity report, the Inquiry Commission on the State of Emergency Measures
State Department 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Turkey
News stories by Turkey's state-run...
Turkey’s president launches new unit to wage information warfare: report
A new unit to counter “misinformation tactics waged against Turkey,” in Turkish authorities’ words, will work under Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish Minute...
Former Turkish minister detained for insulting President Erdoğan
Former minister of health Rıfat Serdaroğlu was detained at Ankara Esenboğa Airport on Thursday and taken to the public prosecutor’s office for questioning for...
Journalists face 158 years in prison over book about Erdoğan’s obstruction of justice: report
Turkish journalists Barış Terkoğlu and Barış Pehlivan, who co-authored a book investigating alleged obstruction of justice by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in high-profile...
Pro-gov’t discourse dominates Turkish media landscape: report
An overwhelming majority of Turkish media outlets give little to no screen time to opposition pundits while allocating the lion’s share to a handful...
Turkish court orders release of jailed journalist Ahmet Altan
A top Turkish court on Wednesday ordered the release of journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan, who was jailed for his alleged involvement in a...
Interior minister attempted to censor BBC Turkish over mafia boss’s claims
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said he called his British counterpart to complain about a report in the BBC’s Turkish edition concerning recent allegations...
Turkish Twitter users call for release of journalist Avcı held in prison since 2015
Turkish Twitter users launched a hashtag campaign on Saturday calling on authorities to release Gültekin Avcı, a journalist who has been in prison since...
Watchmen attack journalists reporting on missing toddler in İstanbul
Three journalists were attacked on Tuesday by nighttime neighborhood watchmen while reporting on a toddler who went missing in İstanbul’s Beylikdüzü neighborhood and later...
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