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Imprisoned correspondent claims solidarity delegations discriminate among jailed journalists

Emre Soncan, a journalist who has been imprisoned for 425 days, recently complained about discrimination by the Turkish Journalists Association (TGC) and the main...

16 detained in Bursa over ByLock app use

Turkish police on Wednesday detained 16 people in Bursa province on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock, the Milliyet...

Police officer commits suicide after being suspended under coup probe

İbrahim Eski, a 31-year-old police officer who was suspended from his job due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, committed suicide on Tuesday. Eski’s...

JWF urges UN to form int’l commission to investigate coup attempt in Turkey

  The New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) in a statement released on Monday called on the United Nations to form an international commission...

Turkish singer handed down 10 months in prison for terror propaganda

An İzmir court on Tuesday sentenced Turkish pop singer Pınar Aydınlar to 10 months in prison on charges of disseminating propaganda for a terrorist...

Supreme court rules on ByLock in line with justice minister’s remarks

The Supreme Court of Appeals’ Assembly of Criminal Chambers has ruled the ByLock smart phone application is to be considered evidence of membership in...

3 PKK militants killed in eastern Turkey

Three Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists were killed in drone strikes in Turkey’s eastern Hakkari province following a rocket launcher attack on a military...

Court releases Cumhuriyet journalist Kadri Gürsel, 4 others remain in jail

An İstanbul court on Monday ruled for the release of Cumhuriyet daily journalist Kadri Gürsel and for the continuation of pretrial detention for four...

ByLock is strong evidence for terror charges, minister claims ahead of top appeals court decision

Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül said on Monday that using the ByLock smartphone application is strong evidence of membership in a terrorist organization, ahead...

Turkish journalist Mustafa Akyol leaves Malaysia after brief detention

Turkish journalist Mustafa Akyol, who was invited to lecture on Islam in Malaysia, has left the country after a brief detention at Kuala Lumpur...

Ruling AKP deputy suffers fatal heart attack in parliament office

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Gaziantep deputy Abdülkadir Yüksel died on Monday of a heart attack suffered in his office at the Turkish...

Erdoğan accuses Myanmar of ‘Buddhist terror’ against Rohingya Muslims

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday accused the Myanmar administration of waging “Buddhist terror” on Rohingya Muslims in the country and slammed the...

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