Turkish broadcast regulator fines pro-opposition TELE1 TV following Ministry of Interior threats
Turkey’s broadcast regulator, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), fined pro-opposition TELE1 TV a day after the Ministry of Interior had threatened the...
Turkish Culture Ministry stops funding women’s film festival
The Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry has pulled its funding from an Ankara woman's film festival after 20 years of support, Çiçek Tahaoğlu reported...
‘Saturday Mothers’ gather for 698th time in İstanbul to demand justice for disappeared children
The "Saturday Mothers" met in İstanbul’s Galatasaray Square for the 698th week to demand justice and the truth about the disappeared people in Turkey.
The...
70-year-old man kept in solitary confinement for 7 months over alleged coup involvement
Seventy-year-old Ahmet Akdoğan has been kept in solitary confinement for almost seven months over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which Turkish authorities accuse...
Journalist to spend several days in prison due to delay in paperwork
A Kurdish journalist will spend several days in jail until legal paperwork for his 11 month, 20 day prison sentence is completed by officials.
Journalist...
Turkey arrests teacher over ByLock use despite ECtHR judgment
Turkish authorities have arrested former teacher Güler Çetinkaya due to her alleged use of the ByLock mobile messaging app despite a landmark European Court...
Turkey orders hundreds of detentions over alleged Gülen links in less than a week
Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 256 people in the last five days due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to...
HDP Co-chair Demirtaş ends hunger strike after promises from prison administration
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş and HDP Hakkari deputy Abdullah Zeydan, who began a hunger strike in Edirne Prison on Thursday...
Pro-Kurdish HDP appeals to Turkish court for release of jailed presidential candidate Demirtaş
Mahsuni Karaman, Yıldız İrmek, Ramazan Demir, Sertaç Buluttekin and Aygül Demirtaş, the lawyers of Selahattin Demirtaş, the presidential candidate of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic...
Atilla trial judge orders disclosure of all contacts with Turkish, US officials
New York Federal Judge Richard Berman, who oversaw the cases of Turkish bank executive Mehmet Atilla and gold trader Reza Zarrab for violating US...
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