France Judicial Union urges Macron to require Erdoğan to release jailed lawyers
The France Judicial Union has sent a mail to French President Emmanuel Macron, who is going to host Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Turkey blocks access to DW domains aimed at circumventing censorship
An Ankara court has blocked access to two domains operated by Deutsche Welle to publish news after its Turkish service was censored by authorities,...
Dozens including 3 journalists, 2 deputies detained in anti-HDP operations ahead of Nevruz
Dozens of people including two deputies and three journalists were detained on Thursday in operations targeting the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) across Turkey's...
EUobserver: European foundation demands release of Turkish journalist Parıldak
A European foundation is calling for the release of a young Turkish journalist, jailed for seven-and-a-half years as a 'terrorist', in the latest of...
Turkey jails 19-year-old over allegedly ‘insulting’ Erdoğan on social media
A 19-year-old university student has been arrested by an Edirne court over allegedly “insulting” Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, the Diken...
Case of jailed journalist Şirin Kabakçı – A prototype of persecution in Erdoğan’s Turkey
Şirin Kabakçı (53), who used to be the provincial bureau chief in Konya for the Zaman newspaper, Turkey’s most highly circulated newspaper before the...
Turkey braces for further protests as 7 journalists arrested
Seven journalists detained for covering the mass protests that have gripped Turkey were arrested on Tuesday as the country braced for another day of...
Turkish authorities detain 3 YouTube journalists
Three YouTube journalists known for their candid street interviews were detained yesterday after police raided their homes, Turkish media reported.
Hasan Köksoy, Arif Kocabıyık and...
Journalist Sinan Aygül should not serve prison time for doing his job, CPJ says
Turkish authorities should not imprison journalist Sinan Aygül, who was convicted on charges of “violating the secrecy of an investigation” by reporting on a...
Court rules for continuation of journalist Parıldak’s imprisonment
An Ankara court on Thursday ruled for continuation of the imprisonment of journalist Ayşenur Parıldak, who has been behind bars for six months.
Parıldak, a...
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