AEJ-Bulgaria invites 95 jailed Turkish journalists to EU-Turkey leaders meeting
The Association of European Journalists - Bulgaria (AEJ-Bulgaria) has issued symbolic accreditation badges for 95 jailed Turkish journalists to attend the EU-Turkey leaders meeting...
Turkish court rules for continuation of pro-Kurdish DİHA reporter Sayılğan’s imprisonment
A Turkish court on Wednesday decided for the continuation of Kurdish journalist İdris Sayılğan's pretrial detention, according to a report by the Platform for...
Veteran Turkish columnist Ahmet Turan Alkan: I cannot lick the knife that is cutting...
Veteran Turkish columnist and prominent political scientist Ahmet Turan Alkan, who used to write for the Zaman newspaper, at one time Turkey’s most highly circulated...
Russia’s Sputnik news agency closes Kurdish edition at Turkish gov’t’s request
Russia’s state-run Sputnik news agency has closed down its Kurdish-language website at the request of the Turkish government, according to a report by online...
Jailed journalist/novelist Ahmet Altan seen with daughter in first photo from Turkish prison
A photo of Ahmet Altan, a prominent Turkish novelist and newspaper editor who was sentenced by a Turkish court to aggravated life on February 16,...
Turkish gov’t prosecutes 292 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 402 social media accounts and taken legal action against 292 users over the last week (Aug. 6-Aug. 13) on...
Turkish court rules to keep Zaman columnist Ali Ünal in jail despite serious health...
A high criminal court in the western Turkish province of Uşak has refused to release Ali Ünal, a theologian and former columnist for the...
Turkish court sentences former TRT cameraman for allegedly insulting Erdoğan
Binali Erdoğan, a cameraman who used to work for the state-run Turkish Radio and Television (TRT), has been given a suspended jail sentence of...
Germany boosts security measures for Turkish journalist Dündar after Erdoğan’s visit
Exiled Turkish journalist Can Dündar said German officials have increased security measures to protect him after a recent state visit to Germany by Turkish...
ECtHR fines Turkey over local courts’ failure following newspaper targeting of 2 academics
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday fined Turkey over the failure of local Turkish courts to strike a fair balance between the...
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