Turkish prosecutor seeks up to 20 years for pro-Kurdish lawyer over alleged terrorism links
A Turkish prosecutor on Thursday sought up to 20 years in prison for lawyer and pro-Kurdish activist Nurcan Kaya on terrorism-related charges, the Medyascope...
JWF organizes 12 events on occasion of 67th session of UN’s commission on women
The New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) is co-organizing 12 events on the occasion of the 67th session of the UN Commission on...
Turkish appeals court releases journalist convicted of threatening Erdoğan
A Turkish appeals court on Monday ordered the release of journalist Fatih Altaylı, who was sentenced last month to more than four years in...
AFP photojournalist indicted for insulting police officers who brutally detained him
Agence France-Presse (AFP) photojournalist Bülent Kılıç, who was brutally detained while covering the İstanbul Pride March in 2021, has been indicted on charges of...
Turkey detains 132 in latest operations over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained 132 people in two separate operations across multiple provinces in the latest wave of a years-long crackdown on alleged members...
Novelist says censorship of book is government’s attempt to suppress differences of opinion
Novelist Ahmet Ümit, the sale of whose book was restricted in March for alleged obscenity, said the decision was a result of the Turkish...
3 public officials acquitted in Turkey hotel collapse case, others avoid jail
A Turkish court has acquitted three public officials and sentenced three others to prison in a case examining the role of municipal officials in...
Pro-Erdoğan daily targets yet another Turkish journalist living in exile
A Turkish journalist living in exile in the United States has been targeted by a pro-government newspaper that revealed his home address and published...
Turkish authorities detain 151 more people over alleged Gülen links: minister
Turkish police have detained 151 people over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in the last two weeks, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced...
Opposition parties, Kılıçdaroğlu remain silent on mass detention of Kurds despite int’l condemnation
Turkey’s opposition parties and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the joint presidential candidate of an opposition bloc of six parties, have remained silent on the detention of...
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