65-year-old woman stripped naked before visiting son in Turkish prison
Süleyman Başer, a media consultant for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) who spent 10 months in prison, said his septuagenarian mother had been...
Turkish court jails pro-Kurdish Dihaber reporter on ‘terror’ charges
Gökhan Öner, a reporter for the now-closed pro-Kurdish news agency Dihaber, has been put by a Turkish court in pretrial detention on terror charges.
Öner...
75-year-old woman imprisoned for solidarity with prisoners suffers from deteriorating health
Hatice Yıldız, an ailing 75-year-old woman who had been sentenced to four years on charges of “financing a terrorist organization” because she sent money...
24,706 expelled from Turkish military since coup attempt: minister
Turkey’s defense minister has announced that 24,706 personnel from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have been expelled over Gülen links since a failed coup...
Delegation from bar associations confirms torture by Turkish soldiers in Şemdinli
A delegation from the Diyarbakır, Van and Hakkari bar associations has confirmed as a result of interviews that villagers from Korgan village in the...
Turkish journalist Yücel criticizes Erdoğan visit to Germany as he accepts media award
Deniz Yücel, a German-Turkish journalist who remained in pre-trial detention in Turkey for about one year, criticized the German president for inviting Turkish President...
Turkey’s EU minister says Ankara feels betrayed by EU over accession process
Turkish EU Affairs Minister Ömer Çelik on Thursday said Turkey feels betrayed by European Union leaders who have called for the end of accession...
Erdoğanist columnist says he can instruct Doğan media boss to fire all critical Hürriyet...
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A staunchly Erdoğanist Sar daily columnist Cem Küçük targeted journalists at the Hürriyet newspaper as well as the Doğan media group on Friday, saying...
Turkish government jails two more journalists on ‘terror’ charges
Turkish government has put two more journalists, Veli Büyükşahin and Veli Haydar Güleç from the now-defunct pro-Alevi television channel TV10, behind the bars on Thursday.
Büyükşahin...
Turkish courts order continuation of all jailed journalists’ imprisonments
İstanbul 13th High Criminal Court in the notorious Silivri Prison compound and the 26th Heavy Penal Court at İstanbul’s Çağlayan courthouse have ordered the...
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