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[UPDATE] Turkey releases 2 Swedish journalists detained in Diyarbakır province

Two Swedish journalists who were detained on Saturday have been released following their interrogation by police, according to DHA. The pair, identified only by their...

Turkish journalists Dündar, Gül receive PEN’s Hermann Kesten Award

The German office of PEN International, a worldwide association of writers, has given the Hermann Kesten Award to former Editor-in-Chief of the Cumhuriyet daily Can Dündar...

Dink’s murderer tells court he won’t testify unless transferred to better prison

Ogün Samast, the convicted murderer of Turkish-Armenian journalist and Agos weekly’s Editor-in-Chief Hrant Dink, said in a petition to a prosecutor that he will...

20 arrested, 11 released in Elazığ operation over links to Gülen movement

A Turkish court on Friday arrested 20 people, including pharmacists and medical staff, in Elazığ, and released 11 others as part of an Elazığ-based...

[VIDEO] Justice minister defends disputed bill, saying would release early marriage offenders, not rapists

Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir BozdaÄŸ said on Friday that a bill brought to Parliament late Thursday night by ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)...

After social outrage, PM seeks consultation with opposition on controversial rape bill

Following outrage that was sparked on social media and in civil society, Prime Minister and the Chairman of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party...

Despite postponed trip, EP president favors dialogue with Turkey

  Although the European Parliament (EP) on Wednesday postponed a visit to Ankara by two of its members due to a disagreement with the Turkish...

[OPINION] Time to play hardball with Turkey’s Erdoğan

Abdullah Bozkurt An engagement with Turkey as long as its autocratic president Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan remains in full control of all the levers of power...

PEN International: 145 journalists in Turkish prisons, 114 charged following coup attempt

PEN International, a worldwide association of writers, has released the names of 145 journalists who were jailed by the Turkish government after a failed...

Court rejects objection to arrest of Cumhuriyet editors

After an operation targeting the opposition Cumhuriyet daily that culminated in the arrest of 10 people including the paper’s CEO and columnists, a court...

[OPINION] Only educational efforts of groups such as Hizmet can eradicate extremism

By Dr. Ismail Mesut Sezgin In order to please President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan before his visit to Pakistan, the Pakistani government ordered more than 100...

UN official calls on Turkey to release jailed journalists

United Nations Special Rapporteur David Kaye has called on the Turkish government to release all journalists currently in jail, warning Ankara that the need...

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