Reporters Without Borders condemns Turkish gov’t over trial of 29 journalists
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has reiterated its condemnation of the politically-motivated trial of 29 journalists and media workers that resumed on Thursday in İstanbul...
Turkey’s key coup suspect denies meeting Gülen and involvement in putsch
Kemal Batmaz, one of the key suspects of Turkey’s July 2016 coup attempt, has denied meeting Fethullah Gülen and organizing the putsch on the...
Turkish gov’t detains 12 military officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained 12 military officers, including 11 on active duty, on Thursday across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt...
792 detained, 147 arrested in anti-Gülen operations in one week
A total of 792 people were detained, with 147 of them put under arrest, in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past...
New regulation requires Internet broadcasting platforms in Turkey to secure permission from MİT, police
A new regulation will oblige Internet broadcasting platforms such as Netflix to secure permission to operate from Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and the...
Zarrab hires Trump ally for defense, prosecutor objects due to conflict of interest
Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who was arrested in Miami last year for violating US sanctions on Iran hired former mayor of New...
Turkish police seeking to detain 24 more journalists
As part of an investigation targeting people over the alleged use of a smart phone application known as ByLock, Turkish police are looking for...
JWF: The habitus of silencing journalists in Turkey have no limits
The Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) has stated that the habitus of silencing journalists in Turkey does not have any limits, in a statement...
German Bar calls on Turkey’s top court to consider ECtHR ruling in its decisions
While Turkey’s opposition and legal community have for the most part kept silent about a recent European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decision concerning...
District gendarmerie commander in northeast Turkey detained over alleged links to Gülen movement
Lieutenant Zabit Zengin, commander of gendarmerie command in Maçka district of Trabzon province in northeast Turkey, detained on Wednesday as part of an İzmir-based...
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