Turkish authorities prosecute 56 journalists after judicial recess: MP
Turkish authorities brought 56 journalists into court in September after the summer judicial recess ended, according to a press freedom report compiled by opposition...
8 detained in police raids in İstanbul over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police on Saturday detained eight people following raids in İstanbul due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, Turkish Minute reported.
The detentions...
Changes to Turkey’s Press Ethics Code feared to contribute to increasing censorship
Turkey’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK), the state body responsible for regulating publicly funded advertisements in the media, has changed the Press Ethics Code, adding...
COMMENTARY — The maddening silence of the European Court of Human Rights
Ekrem Dumanlı
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is betraying its own values by turning a deaf ear to the human rights abuses in...
Turkey’s higher education board bans dissertations in Kurdish: report
Turkey’s Higher Education Board (YÖK) has prohibited students studying Kurdish language and literature at Turkish universities from writing their dissertations in Kurdish, Turkish Minute...
Turkish women raise their voices against possible withdrawal from Istanbul Convention
Amid the fear of Turkey’s possible withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, a Council of Europe treaty designed to prevent violence and domestic abuse against...
Academic fired from Istanbul Commerce University for giving Kurdish assignment
Dr. Bekir Tank, a history professor at İstanbul Commerce University, was dismissed from his job on August 31 for giving an assignment to his...
Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen movement continues, returning asylum seekers puts them at risk, report...
Turkey’s crackdown on alleged members of the Gülen movement is continuing despite claims by some Western governments that the persecution of the group is...
Religious freedom coalition urges action over Turkey’s trial of minor girls on terrorism charges
The International Religious Freedom Roundtable (IRF) on Wednesday urged the US administration to take immediate action in the case of 41 women, including 14...
Turkey appoints trustee to run pro-opposition network TELE1
Turkish authorities have appointed a government-controlled trustee to take over management of TELE1, one of the country’s last remaining pro-opposition television networks, after the...
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