Turkey’s top court refuses to annul controversial ‘disinformation law’
In a move that led to disappointment and anger among journalists, Turkey’s top court has refused to annul a controversial media law which press...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 40 military officers over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities on Tuesday ordered the detention of 40 military personnel as part of a massive crackdown targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run...
Travel ban imposed on son of Somali president over fatal accident lifted after court...
Turkish prosecutors lifted a travel ban on Mohamed Hassan Sheik Mohamud, the son of Somali President Hasan Sheikh Mohamud, after he testified in court...
Turkish veteran journalist Ünal Tanık arrested for not revealing his news source
A veteran journalist who run a popular online news portal in Turkey has been jailed for 273 days for not revealing the source of...
Turkey arrests 3 people protesting opposition party’s support for Syria incursion
Three people who attempted to stage a demonstration protesting the support for a Turkish military incursion into northern Syria extended by Turkey’s main opposition...
Report: German intelligence says Manchester bomber flew from Turkey before attack
Salman Abedi, the 22-year-old suicide bomber who killed 22 in the Manchester terrorist attack, travelled to Britain from Turkey just four days before the...
Elder brother of man who lost his wife in Athens last week detained in...
Mehmet Ali Uludağ, whose wife died Athens last week as he was waiting in Germany to reunite with his family, who had to flee...
DİHA reporter sentenced to 9 years on World Press Freedom Day in Turkey
Mehmet Güleş, a reporter for the pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DİHA), which was closed by the government following a coup attempt in Turkey on...
Turkey’s pro-gov’t daily sets up hotline for informing on Gülen followers in EU countries
The pro-government Sabah daily’s Europe edition, Sabah Avrupa, has set up a telephone line for its readers to report followers of the faith-based Gülen...
Dismissed academics once again beaten, detained by police after protest
Two Turkish academics who were dismissed from their positions as part of a government purge following a failed coup on July 15 were beaten...
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