Turkish court gives 27-month jail sentence to Cumhuriyet reporter Coşkun due to report

An İstanbul court has handed down a sentence of two years, three months to Cumhuriyet daily justice reporter Canan Coşkun on charges of endangering...

Newspaper removes op-ed claiming Turkey asked US to halt Halkbank probes in exchange for...

The pro-government Hürriyet daily on Saturday removed from its website a column claiming that two separate investigations targeting Turkey’s Halkbank are being conducted in...

Turkish journalist Gültekin Avcı has been held in prison for 3 years just because...

Gültekin Avcı (49), a former Turkish prosecutor and a journalist-columnist, has been held in prison by the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip...

Turkish court rules for pretrial detention of Austrian journalist Zirngast over ‘terror offences’

A Turkish court ruled for the pretrial detention of Austrian journalist Max Zirngast and two Turkish nationals over their alleged membership in a terrorist...

Turkish gov’t detains yet another pro-Kurdish journalist

The Turkish government has detained pro-Kurdish journalist Çağdaş Kaplan, editor-in-chief of the Yeni Yaşam newspaper, in İstanbul, according to a report by the Mezopotamya...

US wants Turkey’s so-called audio recording proving Khashoggi’s torture and murder

CIA Director Gina Haspel, in Turkey to investigate the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has sought to hear a purported audio recording of...

Turkish gov’t prosecutes 182 people over social media posts in a week

The Turkish government has investigated 227 social media accounts and taken legal action against 182 users over the last week (Nov. 5-Nov. 12) on accusations...

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,...

Turkey remains 157th out of 180 countries in world press freedom index

Turkey’s ranking in Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) 2018 World Press Freedom Index, released on Thursday, remained at 157th out of 180 countries as the...

Turkey’s top appeals court overturns sentences of 7 Cumhuriyet journalists

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned the prison sentences handed down to seven former Cumhuriyet employees and ordered the release of five of...

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