[Interview] Index on Censorship will continue to monitor government suppression of the media in...
Author and journalist Jemimah Steinfeld said in an interview with the Stockholm Center for Freedom that the jailing of journalists in Turkey is worrying...
Turkey detains, arrests people for Gülen links on basis of scant evidence: US report
Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government continues to detain and arrest Turks over alleged links to the Gülen movement, “often on the basis of...
Independence of Turkey’s forensics council called into question as 3 more die in prison
Doubts have grown over the independence and credibility of Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK), an institution affiliated with the Ministry of Justice, as...
Turkish watchdog fines Netflix and TV stations for gov’t criticism, ‘immoral’ content
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed fines on digital platforms Netflix and local streaming application Exxen in addition...
Inmate with cancer dies after he was denied release despite medical report
Halil Güneş, 49, an inmate suffering from cancer, was found dead in Diyarbakır Prison on Wednesday after he was denied release due to his...
Inmates in Turkish prisons complain of lack of heating and inadequate amount of food
Amid an economic downturn inmates in Turkish prisons have complained that new austerity measures introduced by the government in June have resulted in a...
Investigations into exercise of freedom of speech soar during Erdoğan’s presidency
Investigations have been launched into 211,523 people in Turkey on various accusations involving freedom of expression during the first six years of Recep Tayyip...
Official documents reveal illegal profiling of alleged Gülen movement followers
Official documents shared on Twitter by a former prosecutor showed how Ministry of Health bureaucrats profiled alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in...
Turkish authorities impose fine and confiscate home of Yüksel Street protestor
Turkish authorities have imposed a TL 80,000 ($ 5.583) administrative fine and confiscated a house belonging to Acun Karadağ, a former public servant summarily...
4 Syrian children die in İstanbul house fire
Four Syrian children, the youngest of whom was 1 year old, were killed Monday night in İstanbul in a fire that broke out in...
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