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Jailed journalist Baransu says, he only wrote on whatever Turkey was talking about

Former Taraf daily journalist Mehmet Baransu, who was jailed in March 2015, has said what he did was only to engage in his profession...

The Kafkaesque case of a visual journalist: Don’t forget Fevzi!

On the occasion of May 3, World Press Freedom Day, Can Bahadır Yüce, a poet, academic and journalist, has written an article for English...

Detention warrants issued on Thursday for 70 military personnel over Gülen links

The Konya Chief Public Prosecutor’s office on Thursday issued detention warrants for 70 former and active duty military members of varying ranks as part...

4 opposition parties to form alliance for June 24 parliamentary elections

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), İYİ Party, Felicity Party (SP) and the Democrat Party (DP) have decided to form an alliance for...

[UPDATE] Teacher jailed over remarks on TV released, lawyer says

Turkish teacher Ayşe Çelik, who was jailed with her baby in April on terror charges because she had said, “Don’t let children die,” on...

Elderly woman subjected to police violence during protest in Ankara

Perihan Pulat, 75, sustained several injuries after police used excessive force to disperse protestors in Ankara’s Yüksel Street on May 1. Several public servants, Acun...

[UPDATE] 84 people detained during May Day celebrations in İstanbul

Turkish riot police detained at least 84 people during May Day celebrations across İstanbul on Tuesday, according to data from the İstanbul Police Department. The...

Prosecutor seeks 5 years for HDP deputies Demirtaş, Önder

An İstanbul prosecutor is seeking five years in prison for Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), and...

CHP, HDP to announce presidential candidates on May 4

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) will announce their candidates on Friday for the June 24...

HDP deputy questions justice minister about teacher who died in jail

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Bektaş has submitted a parliamentary inquiry to the Parliament’s Speaker’s Office in which he asked several...

YSK no longer requires presidential candidates to provide copy of diploma

Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) has eliminated an obligation requiring candidates for presidential and parliamentary elections to provide a copy of their diploma indicating...

SP names chairman Karamollaoğlu as its presidential candidate

The Felicity Party (SP) announced on Tuesday that the party’s chairman, Temel Karamollaoğlu, will be its presidential candidate in the presidential election on June...

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