Jailed media executive faces 2,500 years in match-fixing ‘conspiracy’ trial
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to 2,445 years for Hidayet Karaca, former chief executive of the Samanyolu Media Group, on...
Aggravated life sentence sought for comedian jailed over alleged Gülen links
An indictment prepared by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office seeks an aggravated life sentence and additional jail sentence of up to 10 years...
Turkey charges 4 journalists with aiding criminal organization in İmamoğlu indictment
Four Turkish journalists have been charged with aiding a criminal organization and publicly spreading false information in an indictment that also seeks up to...
Turkey fines Meta for refusing to suspend protest-linked accounts
Facebook parent Meta on Tuesday said it was fined a “substantial amount” in Turkey for failing to comply with government orders to suspend accounts...
Turkish journalist expelled from Erdoğan-Merkel news conference due to slogan T-shirt
Turkish journalist Adil Yiğit was removed from a news conference held by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin...
Turkish court sentences two top editors of closed Nokta newsweekly to 22 years
A court in İstanbul has handed down a sentence of 22 years, six months to both Cevheri Güven and Murat Çapan, top editors of...
2 Turkish journalists get suspended sentences over social media post and news report
Two Turkish journalists have each received suspended sentences in separate cases over a social media post and a news report, Turkish media reported.
The İstanbul...
Turkey among 26 countries behind acts of transnational repression against journalists: report
A recent report by Freedom House identifies Turkey as one of 26 countries engaging in transnational repression targeting journalists since 2014, Turkish Minute reported.
As...
Kurdish press worker detained in dawn raid in Diyarbakır
Turkish authorities on Monday detained Zilan Gül, a press worker for the pro-Kurdish Yeni Yaşam daily, during a dawn raid on her home in...
Artist given 2 years’ jail time for painting destruction in Kurdish town of Nusaybin
Zehra Doğan, a Turkish painter and reporter for the now-closed Dicle news agency, has been given a prison sentence of two years, nine months,...
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