Private media, like state-run TRT, minimize coverage of Turkish opposition
A recent study on news channels has revealed that not only public broadcaster TRT but also private media have allocated minimal or no airtime...
Journalist faces investigation for reporting on dismissed pilot’s death
Sevinç Özarslan, a Turkish journalist living in exile, is under investigation by prosecutors in Kayseri following her report on the death of Yahya Tarih,...
Açık Radyo takes license revocation case to Turkey’s top court
İstanbul-based independent broadcaster Açık Radyo (Open Radio) has applied to Turkey’s Constitutional Court, claiming that the revocation of its terrestrial broadcasting license in 2024...
Prosecutor seeks imprisonment for online news website owner over Afrin reports
Necla Demir, the owner of online newspaper Gazete Karınca, will be tried on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda in stories published by the news...
Riyadh expected to roll out the red carpet for Erdoğan following Turkish court’s decision...
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to visit Saudi Arabia following a Turkish court’s decision to hand the case of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder...
Turkish court rules to keep journalist Baransu in prison
A Turkish court on Monday ruled for a continuation of the imprisonment of journalist Mehmet Baransu, a former correspondent for the now-defunct Taraf newspaper,...
Turkish police detain 29 people including journalists and academics in İstanbul
Turkish government has detained 29 Kurds and Alevis, including journalists and academics, in İstanbul on Wednesday.
According to a report by Berlin-based online news...
Turkey’s top appeals court says former interior minister should pay damages to academic over...
The Supreme Court of Appeals has said in a judgment that former interior minister Süleyman Soylu should pay non-pecuniary damages to academic Baskın Oran...
Turkish court orders journalists to pay damages to retired general
A court in İstanbul has ordered four journalists to pay damages to a retired general due to five articles that were published in the...
Turkey blocks access to social media accounts of pro-Kurdish outlets, journalists
Turkish authorities have blocked access in Turkey to the social media accounts of several pro-Kurdish news outlets and journalists, the Dicle Fırat Journalists Association...
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024.
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Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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The May 2023 re-election of...