ECtHR rules Turkey violated rights of writer jailed over Gülen links
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey over the imprisonment of journalist and writer Ali Bulaç, who was jailed for close...
Turkey seeks INTERPOL Red Notice for exiled journalist Dündar
A Turkish court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant and decided to submit a Red Notice request for former editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet daily...
Jailed media executive given 1,406 years in match-fixing ‘conspiracy’ trial
The former chief executive of Turkey’s now-defunct Samanyolu Media Group has been given a jail sentence of 1,406 years on various charges in a...
IFJ calls on Turkey to investigate mistreatment of Yemeni journalist in detention
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called on the Turkish government to investigate the mistreatment of Adnan Al-rajhi, a Yemeni journalist based in...
Jailed journalist Baransu faces 45 years in prison for revealing state secrets
A Turkish prosecutor has demanded a prison sentence of up to 45 years for a jailed journalist on various accusations concerning the revelation of...
14 journalists appeared in court in May, 2 convicted: report
A report by opposition lawmaker Utku Çakırözer has revealed that 14 members of the press appeared in court and two were sentenced to prison...
Turkey reopens investigation into murder of Cypriot journalist 25 years later
Turkish prosecutors have reopened an investigation into the murder of Turkish Cypriot journalist Kutlu Adalı in 1996 based on the recent revelations of a...
Counterterrorism police raid home of local journalist for reporting on municipal corruption
Hasan Tolga Balcılar, a local journalist in the southern city of Osmaniye, said his house was raided three times in a week after he...
21 int’l NGOs and journalists organizations call for dropping of lawsuit against cyber-rights activist...
Twenty-one international NGOs and journalists organizations on Friday issued a statement calling for the dropping of a lawsuit filed against academic and cyber-rights activist...
Mobster’s brother admits to field mission to kill Turkish Cypriot journalist
Atilla Peker, the brother of notorious Turkish mob boss Sedat Peker, has confirmed his brother’s recent claims, confessing that the mobster sent him on...
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