Turkish online news editor faces up to 15 years for reporting on gov’t whistleblower
A Turkish prosecutor has drafted an indictment for Doğan Akın, the editor and founder of the T24 news website, for his reporting on a...
Journalist says Erdoğan tracking phone calls of ‘March for Justice’ participants
Yeniçağ daily's Ankara representative Ahmet Takan has claimed that Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has asked for an investigation into “March for Justice“...
AKP’s Austria head says rejection of executive presidency would lead to civil war
In a video shared online the representative of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Austria Mahmut Koç says if the transition to...
SCF, IOHR celebrate World Press Freedom Day in Stockholm event
World Press Freedom Day was celebrated in the capital of Sweden on Thursday by the Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) and the London-based International...
Turkey arrests 11 HDP deputies, 1,473 party members so far
According to latest figures shared by pro-Kurdish social media account “Turkey Untold”, Turkish government has arrested 11 pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies, including...
Father of Turkish soldier killed in Afrin turns out to be KHK victim
The father of Turkish soldier Abdullah Taha Koç, who was killed during an ongoing military operation in the Afrin region of Syria, has turned...
Turkish gov’t detains 25 people, including military officers, over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has detained 15 people, including military officers on active duties, in 14 provinces on Thursday following the detention warrants issued by Aydın...
A bi-partisan group of US congressmen introduce a resolution to condemn attacks outside Turkey’s...
A bipartisan group of US congressmen have introduced a resolution on Wednesday to condemn "the violence against peaceful protesters outside the Turkish Ambassador’s residence...
Turkish courts give long prison sentences to alleged members of Gülen movement over trivial...
A teacher, Hasan Günay, who used to work for Private Yamanlar College which was one of the most successfull Turkish schools before unlawfully closed...
Cumhuriyet’s online editor Güven, two more journalists detained in Turkey
Turkish police has detained the chief online editor of daily Cumhuriyet in İstanbul on Friday and journalists Serhat Yaruk and Çağlar Özbilgin on Thursday...
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