Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog sanctions 7 TV channels
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting regulator, has imposed sanctions on seven TV stations due to their content, the T24 news...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 149 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government on Friday issued detention warrants for 149 people, mostly military officers, as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...
Human Rights Association speaks out against arrest of Yüksel Street protestors
The Ankara branch of the Human Rights Association (IHD) in a statement published Tuesday on Twitter condemned the arrest of six former civil servants...
Fourth prisoner suicide in Turkish jails in a week
A Kurdish prisoner in Turkey’s southeastern Mardin province was found dead in her cell early Monday in what her lawyer said was a suicide...
Journalist gets 6 years in prison on terrorism charges
A Turkish court has handed down a jail sentence of six years, three months to a journalist on conviction of terrorist organization membership due...
Report: Ten prisoners in Turkey on hunger strike, their health worsening
The health of 10 women prisoners in Turkey has deteriorated since they went on hunger strike to protest against a new security measure, a...
Purged nurse succumbs to cancer
Mother of two and former nurse Zeynep Baltacı, 34, who was fired by an emergency decree as part of Turkey’s post-coup purge of state...
Bursa Mayor Aktaş refuses to provide hearse for 3 drowned Turkish refugees, including 2...
Bursa Mayor Alinur Aktaş, who was appointed by Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to replace the elected mayor, has refused to...
Turkey opens investigation under ‘disinformation law’ after shopkeeper criticizes economy
Turkish prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into a shopkeeper who posted a video criticizing economic conditions, invoking a controversial “disinformation law” that rights...
Jailed main Turkish opposition deputy Berberoğlu: I have been isolated for a year
Elis Berberoğlu, a jailed deputy from Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), complained of isolation in prison to Pınar Türenç, head of the...
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