COMMENTARY — CPJ downplays the number of jailed journalists in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Although there are varying figures on the number of jailed journalists and media workers in Turkey from different advocacy groups, one thing...
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Turkish government launches probe into alleged Dutch spy
Turkey has launched an investigation into a Dutch diplomat believed to have worked in Turkey as a spy, according to pro-government news channel aHaber...
Visually impaired Turkish journalist transferred to remote prison, held in windowless cell
Visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, who was jailed in July 2017 due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, has been sent a...
Turkish gov’t detains 568 people in one week over alleged links to Gülen movement
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Turkish gov’t detains 2,113 people in first 25 days of March over alleged links...
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Erdoğan says Turkish military to take control of Syria’s Tal Rifaat
The Turkish military's ongoing operation in Syria will achieve its goal when Tal Rifaat in northern Aleppo is taken under control by the army,...
Prosecutor accuses Gülen movement of spreading Christianity in Turkey
An indictment that demands 35 years in prison for American pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been jailed in Turkey since October 2016, accuses the...
Turkish police detain more students at Boğaziçi University over Afrin tension
Following a statement by autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday that the government will clean “communist and terrorist students” out of universities,...
Turkish gov’t confiscates 2,500 schools, dismisses 30,000 teachers over Gülen links
Turkish Education Ministry Undersecretary Yusuf Tekin on Sunday said they have completed a purge of Gülen movement members and institutions in his ministry, the...
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