OSCE: Legal charges by Turkey against Turkish Cypriot journalists should be dropped
Harlem Désir, representative on freedom of the media for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), expressed his concern over recent judicial...
Twitter succumbs to Erdoğan’s pressure, silences key voices in Turkey on election eve: report
Twitter announced at 6 a.m. Turkish time on Saturday that it was restricting access in Turkey to certain account holders to ensure the platform...
Turkish journalist in exile subjected to harassment due to Erdoğan’s Nazi remarks
A Turkish journalist who fled an ongoing witch-hunt in Turkey against critical journalists and took refuge in Germany in the aftermath of a failed...
Turkish court accepts indictment against Kurdish journalist over social media posts
A Turkish court has accepted an indictment against Kurdish journalist Melek Avcı over her social media posts, the Media and Law association reported.Avcı, who...
Detention of 11 journalists across Turkey sparks global concern, domestic outrage
The Turkish government has attracted condemnation and anger from press organizations and politicians within and without Turkey for the recent detention of 11 journalists...
Sweden deeply concerned about rights violations in Turkey
Swedish government on Wednesday expressed its deep concerns on backslide of human rights, rule of law and crackdown on the opposition and media in...
JWF urges United Nations to form an international commission to investigate Turkey’s controversial coup...
The New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) in a statement released on Monday called on the United Nations to form an international commission...
Court rejects indictment against fashion designer due to lack of credible evidence
An İstanbul court has rejected an indictment against fashion designer Barbaros Şansal which sought a jail term of up to three years for him...
Akşener reminds justice minister how she was prevented from speaking
Meral Akşener, previously a candidate for chairmanship of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has reminded Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ how a program of hers...
Turkey arrests photo-journalist Çağdaş Erdoğan due to his journalistic works
Turkey has arrested Turkish photo-journalist Çağdaş Erdoğan on Wednesday after 12 days of detention due to the photographs he has taken and the news...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...