PACE co-rapporteurs Mikko and Evans to make fact-finding visit to Turkey
Marianne Mikko (Estonia, SOC) and Nigel Evans (United Kingdom, EC), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will be making...
Wife of Turkish judge removed from post over alleged links to Gülen movement jumps...
Adalet Betül Çağdır, the wife of a former judge who was removed from his post due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, on...
Turkish court rules to keep two Greek soldiers in prison
A court in Turkey’s northwestern Edirne province on Tuesday ruled to keep in prison two Greek soldiers who were detained by Turkish troops patrolling...
Wiretaps reveal Turkey’s Erdoğan intervened in protests in Berlin against Armenian bill
Wiretaps of phone conversations between autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Metin Külünk have revealed Erdoğan’s interference...
Turkish gov’t detains more than 125 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained more than 125 people across Turkey on Tuesday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
HRW: Turkish gov’t has reached ‘new low’ with social media crackdown
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized the Turkish government for prosecuting large numbers of people in recent weeks over social media posts protesting Turkey’s...
Turkish journalist: Gülen followers should be forced to commit suicide
Pro-government Turkish journalist and writer Fazıl Duygun has called on authorities to force people jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement to commit...
Bulgarian journalists sent letters to Turkish colleagues in jail ahead of Varna summit
The Association of European Journalists-Bulgaria (AEJ-Bulgaria) sent letters to journalists jailed in Turkey as a sign of solidarity with them.
A huge number of media...
EU leaders tell Turkey’s Erdoğan they have common interests but also challenges
The European Union is worried about autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s adherence to the rule of law at home and his actions in...
COMMENTARY — CPJ downplays the number of jailed journalists in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Although there are varying figures on the number of jailed journalists and media workers in Turkey from different advocacy groups, one thing...
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