Indictment seeks up to 10-year jail sentences for 28 journalists
An indictment prepared by an İstanbul public prosecutor seeks 10-year jail sentences for 28 journalists, most of whom worked for media outlets affiliated with...
Venice Commission watchdog says Turkey ‘on the road to autocracy’
A body of constitutional law experts has warned of a “one-person regime” in Turkey in the wake of proposed constitutional amendments which will establish...
Jailed Turkish journalist, novelist Ahmet Altan calls indictment about journalists a ‘judicial porn’
Renowned jailed journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan harshly slammed the prosecutor who prepared a controversial indictment against him and other journalists in a court...
CHP deputy: Turkish Justice Minister doesn’t know number of jailed journalists
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Atila Sertel has said Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül was unable to provide the number of...
Turkish gov’t sentences journalist Türfent to 8 years and 9 months in prison
Journalist Nedim Türfent received threats of execution during the period of the curfews and has been in prison for 19 months for his journalistic...
UNAOC cancels Press Freedom Day event over pressure from Turkey
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) indefinitely postponed an event at the UN on Thursday to observe World Press Freedom Day after the...
German court dismisses Erdoğan’s appeal to ban satirical poem
A German court on Tuesday rejected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s appeal to ban outright a satirical poem recited by a comedian on German...
Turkish public TV allocates 105 minutes to President Erdoğan, 18 seconds to HDP’s Demirtaş...
Turkey's state-run broadcasting company TRT has allocated 105 minutes of airtime to Turkey's incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the candidate of the ruling Justice...
17 int’l press freedom bodies write open letter to future Turkish president
Seventeen international organizations defending freedom of expression and the press published a joint letter on Wednesday on the Index of Censorship website addressing all...
Kurdish journalist/artist Zehra Doğan sends letter of gratitude to Banksy from Turkish prison
Imprisoned Kurdish-Turkish artist and journalist Zehra Doğan has expressed her gratitude for a tribute by a painter in New York as well as revealing...
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