Journalist convicted of libel for report on pro-gov’t media group executive

An İstanbul court has handed down a prison sentence to the managing editor of a newspaper for reporting on a mafia boss’s allegations about...

British lawmakers urge May gov’t to act for oppressed journalists in Turkey

As the British Prime Minister Theresa May and her government have not hesitated to visit, to negotiate, to give support and to give a...

Jailed cartoonist receives more sentence due to a letter he sent to HDP’s Demirtaş

Jailed cartoonist Melih Gürler was given a 10 month prison sentence by a court over his allegedly insulting expressions in a letter he wrote...

In contrast to what Pakistan did, Spain refuse to extradite author to Turkey

As reactions mount against Pakistan government which deported Turkish teacher Mesut Kaçmaz (43) and his family to Turkey despite of the fact that the...

Italian lawyers call interlocutors of Erdoğan in Rome to raise voice against his systematic...

Italian national bar association, "Unione delle Camere Penali Italiene (UCPI)", has called on all Italian interlocutors of the Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan not...

Turkish watchdog warns Twitter over popular anti-government hashtags

Ömer Fatih Sayan, the director of Turkey’s Information Technologies and Communication Council (BTK), an Internet watchdog responsible for digital censorship in the country, has...

Turkish election board refuses to allow Demirtaş to participate in political TV show by...

Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) on Wednesday refused a request by Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), to...

Police cybercrime unit monitoring 45 million social media accounts in Turkey

The Turkish National Police’s anti-cybercrime department is monitoring some 45 million social media users in the country for possible criminal activity committed through the...

Pro-Kurdish DİHA journalist Oruç released today, detained by Turkish police again

Şerife Oruç, a journalist for the now-closed pro-Kurdish Dicle news agency (DİHA), was detained on Monday again after the Batman 2nd High Criminal Court...

Turkish journalist receives threat after story on sale of Yazidi girl by ISIL in...

Turkish journalist Hale Gönültaş received a phone call on Monday during which she was told to “watch her step” after she wrote a story...

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