Turkish Cypriot journalist, his newspaper file suit against Turkey’s Erdoğan
Şener Levent and Turkish Cypriot publishing company Afrika have filed a lawsuit against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for instigating attacks on the newspaper...
Arrest warrant issued for journalists over exposing Dink’s murderer with Turkish flag
As six suspects, including a journalist, were detained in Samsun on Monday as part of an ongoing investigation into the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink,...
Turkey’s presidency refuses to give info about Erdoğan’s advisors, says ‘of no interest to...
The public relations department of the Turkish President’s Office has rejected a request from a Cumhuriyet daily reporter to receive information about the number...
Erdoğanist daily claims Turkey would conquer Europe in 3 days
Erdoğanist Turkish daily Yeni Söz’s headline on Tuesday claimed that Turkey would conquer Europe in three days if a campaign were to be launched...
RSF: Media attacks and jail — price of solidarity with imprisoned journalists in Turkey
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has deplored the growing harassment of media freedom defenders in Turkey, in particular pro-government media attacks on journalists covering the trial...
Turkish FM says judiciary told to speed up indictment of German journalist Yücel
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Monday that the Turkish government was encouraging the judiciary to speed up an indictment against German journalist...
Turkish digital platform removes the movie ‘No’ from lineup as presidential referendum nears
Turkish digital platform Digitürk has removed the movie “No,” which tells the story of a plebiscite in Chile in 1988 on the removal of...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan deliberately thwarts Parliament inquiries about ISIL in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Turkey’s Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) government not only protects jihadist groups including Islamic State and al-Qaeda militants from the wrath...
Qatari police detain Turkish family members allegedly linked to Gülen movement
The Qatari police have detained five members of a Turkish family who are allegedly linked to the faith-based Gülen movement while the family was...
CoE’s Muižnieks expresses dismay at conviction of activist Çelikkan in Turkey
Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe’s (CoE) commissioner for human rights has voiced his disappointment over a court decision on Monday to hand down...
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