Turkish prosecutors launch probe into opposition TV channel over subtitle error involving President Erdoğan
Turkish prosecutors have initiated a criminal investigation into pro-opposition broadcaster TELE1 following a subtitle error that appeared to equate President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with...
Turkish court orders access ban on investigative series on visa contractor’s alleged ties to...
A Turkish court has ordered an access ban on an investigative news series examining the business activities of global visa processing giant VFS Global’s...
Actresses protest barring of women from play at Turkish Parliament
Some 100 actresses gathered at İstanbul’s Kenter Theater on Monday and read out lines from various plays to protest the prohibition of female colleagues...
Turkish reporter included on list of journalists under attack
The One Free Press Coalition, an initiative established during a meeting of the International Media Council at the recent World Economic Forum, has included...
EU chiefs congratulate Turks on ‘massive’ vote turnout
EU chiefs Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel congratulated Turkish voters on their large turnout in the first round of national elections, hailing...
Turkish celebrity manager faces 30-year sentence despite medical report warning of risk of death...
Ayşe Barım, a well-known manager of Turkish television stars who faces up to 30 years in prison on charges of “attempting to overthrow the...
3 Turkish policemen arrested for allegedly beating 14-year-old Kurdish boy during Nevruz celebrations
Three Turkish police officers have been arrested for allegedly beating a 14-year-old Kurdish boy during Nevruz celebrations in the predominantly Kurdish province of Diyarbakır,...
US 2018 human rights report: Restrictions on fundamental freedoms continued in Turkey
A country report by the US State Department released on Wednesday stated that despite the official end of a two-year-long state of emergency in...
Fraud by Turkish gov’t reported in spending EU’s financial aid for Syrian refugees
Agreements for projects that have been financed by the European Union as part of a refugee deal with Turkey have been broken and the...
UN Special Rapporteur warns ECtHR that Turkey’s broad counterterrorism laws risk arbitrary prosecutions
A United Nations special rapporteur has warned Europe’s top human rights court that Turkey’s vague counterterrorism laws violate the international principle of legality, risking...
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