Journalist convicted for covering press statement against Turkish military incursion in northern Syria

Turkish journalist Ozan Kaplanoğlu was sentenced to one year, 10 months and 15 days in prison on Thursday on terrorism-related charges for covering a...

CHP’s Erdoğdu: Erdoğan ordered media not to cover March of Justice

Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Aykut Erdoğdu on Sunday said Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had gathered media bosses and...

Turkish journalists ‘forgotten in Silivri Prison’ say they expect justice

"We are forgotten journalists in Silivri Prison,” said a group of Turkish journalists who are being held in İstanbul's Silivri Prison as part of...

Pro-Erdoğan historian sentenced to 15 months for insulting Atatürk

Historian Mustafa Armağan, who is a staunch supporter of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been sentenced to one year, three months in...

Turkey detains 27 X users on allegations of fomenting enmity, spreading disinformation

Turkish police have detained 27 people including a number of journalists on allegations of fomenting enmity and hatred and spreading disinformation on their X...

Jailed journalist Altan: Lawlessness has spread like humidity stains over Turkey

Famous Turkish author and journalist Ahmet Altan, who was jailed in the aftermath of a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016, and given an...

7 of 12 jailed Cumhuriyet journalists released pending trial in Turkey

https://youtu.be/BMlYHrI-vfg An İstanbul court on Friday released seven journalists and continued the pretrial detention of five others who were jailed as part of an investigation...

Turkish court sentences singer to 12 months in prison for allegedly insulting Erdoğan in...

Composer Erdal Güney was sentenced by a Turkish court to nearly 12 months in prison for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a...

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...

Black humour: Erdoğan says no group’s freedom has deteriorated in 16 years of AKP...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that the freedom of no individual or an ethnic or religious group had deteriorated in Turkey...
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