Documentary filmmaker arrested in Ankara on terrorism charges
A documentary filmmaker and journalist who was detained while shooting a film in Ankara last Friday was arrested on terrorism charges on Saturday, Turkish...
Jailed Turkish journalist Altan awarded Germany’s Geschwister-Scholl Prize
Jailed Turkish journalist and author Ahmet Altan, 69, has been announced as the recipient of Germany’s prestigious Geschwister-Scholl Prize, German news outlets reported on...
Court seeks revocation of Turkish journalist Öğütçü’s citizenship
A high criminal court in the southern province of Adana on Saturday applied to Turkey’s Justice Ministry demanding revocation of the citizenship of journalist...
Turkish prosecutors launch probe into opposition TV channel over subtitle error involving President Erdoğan
Turkish prosecutors have initiated a criminal investigation into pro-opposition broadcaster TELE1 following a subtitle error that appeared to equate President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with...
EP to Turkey: Journalists cannot be jailed and accused of terrorism for doing their...
Leaders of five party groups in the European Parliament (EP) reminded Turkey in a letter to Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime...
115 Turkish journalists subjected to violence, 241 appeared before a judge in 2021: report
One hundred fifteen journalists were subjected to physical violence in Turkey last year, and three out of every five journalists have received threats during...
Turkish authorities’ demand triggers new X block on journalist
Turkish journalist Amberin Zaman said Wednesday that X blocked access in Turkey to her new account after an earlier block against her main account...
Turkish court rules no insult as long as Erdoğan is rooster
A social media user who was convicted on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a photograph was subsequently acquitted after an appeals...
Turkish journalist Yazgan sentenced to 9 years in prison based on anonymous letter
Vahit Yazgan, the former bureau chief of the shuttered Zaman daily in Turkey’s western province of İzmir, was sentenced to eight years, nine months...
Euro court rejects Turkey’s request for additional time to submit defense in jailed journalists’...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has rejected Turkey’s request for additional time to submit its defense in cases against jailed daily Cumhuriyet...
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