7 detained for protesting interior minister during political campaign tour in İstanbul
Seven people were detained for protesting Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu while he was touring İstanbul’s Gazi neighborhood in a political campaign bus just days...
CPJ calls on Turkey to investigate attacks on journalists during recent elections and treat...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkish authorities to investigate multiple incidents of journalists being attacked or obstructed from reporting during the country’s...
Former Kosovo intel chief sentenced in retrial over illegal deportation of Turkish nationals
A Kosovo court has again sentenced former intelligence chief Driton Gashi to more than four years in prison for his role in the illegal...
Turkey uses journalists to silence critics in exile: report
The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, which has clamped down on media freedom at home, has now co-opted journalists working at government-friendly...
X account of creator of children’s YouTube channels blocked in Turkey after antisemitic backlash
The X account of a Turkish Jewish creator behind several major children’s YouTube channels has been blocked for users in Turkey following an antisemitic...
CPJ calls on Turkey to hold all involved in assault of local journalist to...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Turkey to hold to account all those involved in the recent assault of local journalist Sinan Aygül.
Aygül, editor-in-chief of...
Dismissed Turkish civil servant dies after cancer goes untreated in prison until final stage
A Turkish civil servant dismissed under post-coup emergency decrees died early Thursday from colon cancer that reached its final stage while he was in...
Opposition MP demands new parliamentary committee for children of imprisoned families
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a lawmaker from Turkey’s Green Left Party (YSP) and a prominent human rights advocate, has demanded the establishment of a new...
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Disabled 86-year-old hospitalized soon after being imprisoned over Gülen links
An elderly man who is almost totally disabled was hospitalized soon after being sent to prison to serve his 10-year sentence over links to...
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