Turkey moves to block İmamoğlu’s int’l X account following ban on main handle
Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the opposition’s presidential candidate, posted a defiant message from his international X account on Saturday, hours after Turkish authorities...
German Journalists Association calls on Turkish authorities to release imprisoned journalists
The German Journalists Association (DJV) on Saturday issued a statement saying it was concerned about the harassment of critical journalists by the Turkish government...
Turkish authorities impose advertising ban on daily over criticism of Syria incursion
Turkey’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK), the state body responsible for regulating public-funded advertisements in the media, has imposed a 19-day advertising ban on the...
Agricultural workers in Turkey’s İzmir province protest company pressure to cut ties with union
More than 350 agricultural workers, most of them women, employed at Queen Flowers in İzmir province, have been protesting the company over pressure to...
Anti-refugee party leader prevented from entering border city to plant a ‘mine’
Turkish police and gendarmerie have prevented Ümit Özdağ, leader of the far-right and anti-refugee Victory Party (ZP), from entering the border province of Hatay...
Elderly mother of Kurdish politician injured during police raid on home
The 90-year-old mother of a Kurdish mayor who was removed from office on terrorism charges has sustained injuries in a police raid on their...
Members of Turkey’s main opposition party face up to 15 years in prison, political...
A Turkish court has accepted an indictment seeking prison terms up to 15 years and political bans for 26 members of the main opposition...
Council of Europe urges Turkey to free Kavala
The Council of Europe on Monday renewed its call for Turkey to release Osman Kavala, a critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who has...
Turkish prosecutors level new terrorism-related charges against jailed Diyarbakır mayor
Ankara prosecutors have drafted an indictment for Selçuk Mızraklı, the former mayor of the predominantly Kurdish city of Diyarbakır, for allegedly disseminating terrorist propaganda,...
European rights court faults Turkey for withholding inmate’s letter to fiancée
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Turkish prison authorities violated the rights of Emrah Uygun, who was sentenced to more than...
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