Turkey’s media watchdog investigates 7 opposition TV stations for election coverage
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has launched an investigation into seven opposition TV stations for violating broadcasting guidelines during their...
Journalist sentenced to prison on terrorism charges in first hearing of trial
A journalist was sentenced to 15 months in prison on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda in the first hearing of her trial at a...
Court gives journalist suspended sentence, orders release after 3 months in pretrial detention
A Turkish court sentenced jailed journalist Enver Aysever to 10 months in prison on Thursday for “inciting hatred and enmity” due to remarks he...
Turkish court sentences two top editors of closed Nokta newsweekly to 22 years
A court in İstanbul has handed down a sentence of 22 years, six months to both Cevheri Güven and Murat Çapan, top editors of...
Turkey’s Court of Cassation releases CHP deputy Berberoğlu while upholding jail sentence
Turkey’s Court of Cassation has ruled for the release of main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu while upholding his jail sentence.
Berberoğlu...
AI’s Vanderlinden: Erdogan abuses coup attempt as opportunity to silence all dissident voices
International human rights organization Amnesty International’s (AI) Turkey Coordinator Jenny Vanderlinden has said that the failed coup on July 15, 2016 has been an...
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...
Journalist reporting from northern Syria gets suspended sentence on terrorism charges
A former reporter from Turkey’s Dicle news agency (DİHA) has been handed down a suspended three-year sentence on conviction of terrorism due to his...
RSF calls on EU leaders to insist on press freedom at summit with Turkey
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has written a letter to European Union leaders in advance of an EU-Turkey summit in Varna, Bulgaria, on March 26...
Turkish court sets April 18 as next hearing date for Önderoğlu, Fincancı, Nesin
The İstanbul 13th High Criminal Court on Tuesday rejected a request to send a case to the Constitutional Court, scheduling April 18, 2018 as...
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