Evrensel daily editor-in-chief investigated for insulting Erdoğan in article
The Evrensel newspaper’s editor-in-chief Fatih Polat said on Thursday he is under investigation on allegations of insulting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in...
Currency crisis hits publishing industry in Turkey
A sharp decline in the value of the Turkish lira has led to a crisis in the publishing sector since Turkey imports almost all...
German comedian threatens Merkel with court action over Erdoğan poem
German comedian Jan Böhmermann has threatened German Chancellor Angela Merkel with court action unless she takes back a statement concerning a poem by Böhmermann...
Meta to temporarily shut down Threads platform in Turkey
Meta Platforms Inc said it is temporarily shutting down its social networking platform Threads in Turkey as of April 29 in order to comply...
Turkey blocks Dündar’s recently launched news website
An Ankara court has ruled to block ozguruz.org website, a German-based online news portal launched on Jan. 24 by exiled Turkish journalist Can Dündar.
The website was blocked...
Gülen says Turkey’s slide into authoritarianism must be stopped in WP article
On the day when Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump at the White House, Turkish-Islamic scholar...
Turkey blocks 120 critical Twitter accounts with a single court decision
An Ankara court has ruled to block access to 120 critical Twitter accounts including @TurkeyPurge , which is closed for the fourth time in 7 months without issuing a prior notification...
Turkey’s chief justice says not implementing top court’s rulings out of the question
At a meeting attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s Chief Justice Zühtü Arslan said the rulings of the Constitutional Court concerning the...
Turkish gov’t’s persecution targeting Kurdish journalists intensifies with new detentions
The Turkish government has intensified its crackdown on Kurdish media with repressive new measures and the detention of the pro-Kurdish journalists.
Police detained journalist İshak...
Radio station appeals license cancellation over Armenian genocide reference to Turkey’s top court
Açık Radyo (Open Radio), whose broadcasts were silenced in October 2024 by Turkish authorities after a guest spoke on air about Armenian genocide, has...
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