19 women killed by men, 22 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in...
Nineteen women were murdered by men in Turkey in October and another 22 died under suspicious circumstances, the We Will Stop Femicide Platform reported.
Of the...
President Erdoğan vows not to send Syrians home, slams main opposition leader over anti-refugee...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday pledged not to send refugees who fled civil war in Syria and sought refuge in Turkey back...
Detention of Turkish journalist amounts to legal harassment: Coalition for Women in Journalism
The detention of Turkish journalist Pınar Gayıp is part of a broader pattern of legal harassment aimed at silencing the press, the Coalition For...
Court imposes access ban on 26 reports about bribery allegations against prosecutor
A Turkish court has imposed an access ban on 26 news reports concerning bribery allegations made by a mobster against a public prosecutor that...
YouTube journalist and his crew attacked during street interview in Antalya
Arif Kocabıyık, a journalist known for his candid street interviews, and the crew of his İlave TV YouTube channel were attacked by a group...
Documentary exposes plight of children caught in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
“The Other Children” (Öteki Çocuklar), a new documentary shining a light on the suffering of Turkish children whose parents were impacted by a government...
Int’l rights groups call on EU to do more for media freedom, human rights...
Prominent press organizations and rights groups have in a joint letter called on the European Commission and the new European Parliament to strengthen their commitment to...
Turkey’s top judicial body disbars 2 more judges over Gülen links
Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has disbarred two more judges due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, Turkish Minute reported.
The...
Turkish court reopens case against journalist accused of insulting Erdoğan
Turkish journalist Çiğdem Akbayrak appeared in court Monday for a retrial on charges of “insulting the president” after Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled her previous...
Turkish journalist arrested over alleged insult of Erdoğan in social media posts
A Turkish court on Friday ordered the arrest of journalist Alican Uludağ, a reporter for Deutsche Welle’s Turkish service, on charges of insulting President...
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