Families of Sivas massacre victims take case to European court after 12-year top court...
Families of people killed when a mob set fire to a hotel in the central Turkish province of Sivas in 1993 have applied to...
Journalists arrested over anti-refugee messages released pending trial
An Ankara court has released 10 people pending trial, including four journalists, who were arrested last year due to social media posts allegedly targeting...
Turkey detains 237 people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained 237 individuals over the past two weeks in operations across 42 provinces targeting people accused of links to the faith-based...
Turkey detains 18 social media users over comments about slain soldiers
Turkish police have detained 18 social media users due to their comments online about the killing of nine Turkish soldiers in northern Iraq on...
Erdoğan aide calls for legal restrictions on LGBTI+ advocacy
A senior adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called for “strong and determined” legislation against public advocacy of LGBTI+ rights after criticizing...
Turkey issues penalties for Israeli footballers due to messages on Hamas hostages
The Turkish Football Federation’s disciplinary committee has imposed penalties on two Israeli footballers and their former teams who both left Turkey earlier this month...
One year after earthquakes: How Turkey’s muzzled media missed the mark on journalism
On the anniversary of the February 6 earthquakes that devastated parts of Turkey, the media landscape is under scrutiny for its role and response...
Article 19 calls for acquittal of first journalist tried under Turkey’s ‘disinformation’ law
The Europe branch of Article 19, a London-based international organization defending free expression worldwide, has called for the charges against a journalist who is standing trial...
Turkey’s top court annuls parts of first presidential decree, citing ‘unconstitutionality’
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has cancelled parts of the first presidential decree issued following the country’s transition to a presidential system of governance in 2018...
Turkish investigative journalist Öztürk arrested by Istanbul court over links to Gülen movement
An İstanbul court on Wednesday arrested Ece Sevim Öztürk, a journalist known for her investigative reporting on a controversial coup attempt on July 15,...
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