Social media campaign urges release of inmate with brain tumors
Social media users since Monday have been calling on Turkish authorities to release Özge Özbek, a former municipal social worker suffering from multiple brain...
Turkey second only to India in censorship of verified journalists on Twitter
Turkey was second only to India in the number of removal requests it made from Twitter for content posted by verified journalists and news...
Investigation launched into Turkish actress for criticism of law on stray dogs
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into a famous actress who criticized the lawmakers who backed a law that is criticized for paving way...
Turkey’s RTÜK threatens to punish TV stations if they cover ongoing wildfires
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has issued written and verbal warnings to TV stations in the country, threatening them...
Erdoğan’s son had access blocked to 237 reports, social media posts about him
Bilal Erdoğan, the younger son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has had courts block access to 237 pieces of online content about him,...
Criticism mounts over lack of effective response to forest fire in SE Turkey
Criticism has been growing over the lack of an effective response to a forest fire in the Şemdinli district of Turkey’s southeastern Hakkari province,...
Italian NGO intervenes in ECtHR case of Turkish worker convicted of Gülen links
The Italian Federation for Human Rights (FIDU) has, as a third-party intervener, challenged the conviction of a Turkish construction worker on terrorism charges due...
Turkish court sentences famous fashion designer to prison for ‘insulting the government’
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced fashion designer and activist Barbaros Şansal to three months, 22 days in prison for insulting the government, the...
Nine years on, Turkey still grappling with the legacy of its deadliest bombing
Marking the ninth anniversary of two bombings in October 2015 that claimed the lives of 103 people and injured more than 500, Turkey is...
Turkish court sentences 20 female university students to prison over Gülen links
Twenty female university students were handed down prison sentences on Friday for alleged links to the Gülen movement, sparking an outcry among activists and...
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