Amnesty, 26 NGOs call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners amid coronavirus crisis
Amnesty International and 26 other rights groups and civil society organizations from Turkey and around the world on Monday released a joint statement calling...
RTÜK takes no action against pro-gov’t TV station that received most complaints
Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has not taken any punitive action against the pro-government ATV television station despite the fact that the...
Turkish journalists union criticizes police officers who threatened journalist
The Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) at a Wednesday press conference in Diyarbakır protested threats made by the police against journalist Cengiz Anıl Bölükbaşı...
Social media giants fined by Turkish government under controversial social media law
Turkish authorities have fined several social media companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Tik Tok and YouTube, 10 million Turkish lira (1.3 million euros) each under...
German foreign minister, CPJ slam Turkish court’s ruling on exiled journalist Dündar
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) slammed the ruling of a Turkish court today that sentenced exiled journalist...
Twitter flags Turkish interior minister’s tweets targeting LGBT community: report
Twitter has restricted access to two recent tweets by Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu that referred to LGBT people as “perverts,” saying the tweets...
Jailed Turkish academic hospitalized due to COVID-19
Renowned Turkish academic and political scientist Prof. Dr. Sedat Laçiner, who was jailed as part of a political crackdown on dissent in the wake...
In a secret document, Turkey admitted jailing dozens of journalists while sticking to policy...
A secret Turkish government document obtained by Nordic Monitor has revealed that Turkey privately acknowledged it had jailed dozens of journalists even though it...
Turkey using press accreditation to pressure critical journalists: RSF
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned Turkey’s Presidential Directorate for Communications (CİB) for using press accreditation to increase pressure on the media.
The directorate has...
66 face legal action over social media posts about Turkey’s wildfires
Legal action has been taken against 66 people due to their social media posts about the wildfires that have been ravaging Turkey’ southern and...
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