Turkey seeks PKK case data ahead of review that could lead to 4,500 releases:...
Turkey’s Justice Ministry has urgently requested information from courthouses nationwide in preparation for a review of outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)-related cases that could...
Former Taraf journalists sentenced to prison for reporting on alleged war plan
Four journalists from the now-closed Taraf daily have been handed down prison sentences by a Turkish court on conviction of publishing state secrets in...
Turkish court’s arrest of Halk TV editor-in-chief ‘a political move’ to silence media: CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned a Turkish court’s order to arrest Halk TV Editor-in-Chief Suat Toktaş after the opposition-aligned network aired an interview...
Turkish journalist faces 5 years in prison over posts on deadly building collapse
Turkish prosecutors are seeking more than five years in prison for journalist Alican Uludağ over social media posts about a deadly building collapse that...
Turkish prosecutors launched over 1.5 million terrorism-related investigations between 2016 and 2020: report
Public prosecutors initiated 1.576 million investigations on allegations of terrorism between 2016 and 2020, concluding 208,833 of them, the BirGün daily reported, citing the...
RTÜK fines 4 TV stations for airing politician’s remarks on Erdoğan ‘escape’ plan
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed a fine on four TV stations for airing the remarks of main...
Turkey’s former opposition leader charged again, faces up to 65 years in prison
New criminal charges have been filed against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the former leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), who now faces a...
Corruption is entrenched in presidential system in Turkey, opposition leader says
Former Turkish prime minister and current leader of the opposition Future Party (GP) Ahmet Davutoğlu has sharply criticized the country’s presidential system of governance,...
Over 300 journalists prosecuted in Turkey as union warns ‘disinformation law’ silences the press
Turkey’s so-called “disinformation law,” which criminalizes the public spread of false information, has become a tool for silencing the press, with more than 300...
Turkey becomes 149th most peaceful country in the world under Erdoğan’s rule
Turkey has become the 149th most peaceful county among 163 countries in the world, according to the Global Peace Index 2018 (GPI) report released by...
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