CPJ urges Turkey to free pro-opposition TV editor and revoke trustee appointment
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday urged Turkish authorities to free editor-in-chief of the pro-opposition TELE1 TV station Merdan Yanardağ and rescind...
Turkish court gives 10-month jail sentence to pro-Kurdish HDP’s former deputy Encü
Former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şırnak deputy Ferhat Encü has been handed down a 10-month jail sentence that was ultimately commuted to a...
Turkish lawyer detained in Mozambique, faces extradition to Turkey over Gülen links
A Turkish lawyer working as the legal representative of the Willow International School in Mozambique was detained on Tuesday following an extradition request from...
Turkey blocked over 219,000 URLs in 2023: report
Turkey banned access to 219,059 URLs in 2023, according to the Free Web Turkey 2023 Internet Censorship Report released on Friday.
The report highlights that...
US Congress passes act fighting political abuse of INTERPOL’s notice system
The US Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), aka the Helsinki Commission, has announced on its website that the US Senate passed...
Report by Turkish newspaper on banning access to news story also banned by court
A report by Turkey's Cumhuriyet daily on a court decision to ban access to a previous story on a corruption case involving ruling Justice...
8 Turkish citizens seek political asylum in Greece: report
Eight Turkish citizens who fled their homeland in a small sailboat have sought political asylum in Greece, Greek media reported.
The boat was traveling to...
More than 750 former cadets detained in Turkey as they turned 18
More than 750 former military cadets have been detained to date in 2021 over their alleged links to the Gülen movement as they turned...
Turkish deputy minister under fire for wearing expensive scarf during visit to tragedy site
Turkey’s Deputy Interior Minister Mehmet Ersoy has attracted widespread criticism for wearing an expensive scarf while visiting the scene of a tragedy in the...
Turkish court releases Erdoğan critic Hanifi Barış, a Scottish university academic
Lawyer Hanifi Barış, an outspoken Aberdeen University academic who has been jailed in Turkey since July 4, 2018 for posting critical comments on social...
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