Journalist Aren Yıldırım, editor of Bianet Kurdish, detained in İstanbul
Journalist Aren Yıldırım, editor of the Bianet Kurdish news website, was detained on Wednesday and taken to a police station in the Fatih district...
Kenya releases Turkish refugee arrested at Turkey’s request
A Turkish refugee in Kenya who was arrested due to a request from Ankara and later kept in custody by court order was released...
CPJ calls for release of pro-Kurdish outlet employee, journalists detained in Turkey on trumped-up...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkey to release an employee of the pro-Kurdish Yeni Yaşam newspaper as well as all...
Prosecutor seeks up to 4 years for veteran journalist over alleged insult of Erdoğan
A Turkish prosecutor has sought a prison sentence of up to four years for veteran journalist Zafer Arapkirli on charges of insulting President Recep...
Report reveals more than 30,000 minors convicted in Turkey in 2022
A recent report by Gülizar Biçer Karaca from the Republican People’s Party (CHP) has revealed that criminal activity among minors in Turkey is concerningly...
Man convicted in Gezi Park case injured after return to Turkish prison despite health...
A former Istanbul city planner convicted in a case tied to mass anti-government protests fainted and struck his head inside a high-security prison on...
Young children accompanying mothers in Turkish prisons grapple with viral outbreak
Young children accompanying their mothers in Turkish prisons have been badly affected by an outbreak of the Rota virus, with some cases resulting in...
Kurdish football club in Turkey faces probe over braids clip backing Syrian Kurds
Turkey’s main Kurdish football team is to face action by the national football organization for sharing a video in solidarity with Kurdish forces in...
CPJ calls on Turkey to release all jailed journalists, stop interfering with press ahead...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkey to immediately release all journalists and media workers imprisoned for their work and stop interfering with...
European rights court rules Turkey violated fair trial rights over post-coup dismissal
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey had violated a former state employee’s right to a fair trial after...
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