German press groups call for release of Die Welt reporter detained in Turkey
German press organizations have called on Turkish authorities to release Die Welt reporter Deniz Yücel who was detained in Turkey on Feb.17.
Yücel, the Turkey...
Turkish businessman who spent more than a year in jail over Gülen links dies...
Turkish businessman Ali Hocaoğlu, who spent more than a year in pre-trial detention over alleged links to the Gülen movement, has reportedly died of...
Report shows at least 1,021 women murdered in Turkey since 2016
A report drafted by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) shows that at least 1,021 women were murdered in Turkey between Jan. 1,...
Turkey’s HDP submits motion for parliamentary probe of Roboski Massacre in 6th anniversary
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Aycan İrmez has submitted a parliamentary proposal to investigate the Roboski (Uludere) Massacre, where 34 people were hit...
Use of Skype, Tango, TikTok, WhatsApp can be considered terrorist activity in Turkey
The use of popular social networking and communication platforms such as Facebook, Skype, Tango, WhatsApp, Coco, Kakao, Falco, Coverme and TikTok may very well...
Human rights NGOs: Turkish police torture, threaten lawyer with rape of family members
The Human Rights Association (İHD) and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) held a press conference on Tuesday regarding allegations of the torture...
Report: 315 Turkish journalists face 47 life sentences plus 3,034 years in jail
According to an Independent Communication Network (BİA) report, 315 media employees in Turkey, including reporters, columnists, executives and illustrators, face 47 aggravated life sentences,...
Hospitalization of 84-year-old jailed general leads to calls for presidential pardon
The hospitalization of an 84-year-old retired general who is in prison for his role in the issuance of a military memorandum against the government...
Turkish prosecutor requests 7-year sentence for Kurdish university student over whistling Kurdish song
A group of students at Dicle University in Diyarbakır province has been facing possible sentences ranging from over 7 years to 28 years on...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s intelligence agency tapped journalist as asset in CNN Turkish affiliate
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The use of Turkish journalists as assets and media outlets as cover has long been a policy of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization...
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