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 IPI says 171 journalists behind bars in Turkey

According to the International Press Institute (IPI) currently a total of 171 journalists are imprisoned in Turkey due to their journalistic activities. The international media...

Businessman detained on arrival at Konya Airport for links to Gülen movement

Metin T., a Turkish businessman who arrived in Turkey from Romania on Friday, was detained at Konya Airport as part of an ongoing investigation...

Girl, mother detained over ‘hero’ T-shirt during visit to imprisoned father

A Turkish girl and her mother were briefly detained for the former’s “hero” T-shirt during their visit to the child’s jailed father during a...

[VIDEO] Pro-gov’t columnist says he can instruct Doğan media boss to fire all critical Hürriyet journalists

Pro-government Star daily columnist Cem Küçük targeted journalists at the Hürriyet newspaper as well as the Doğan media group on Friday, saying that he...

Court releases 2 journalists, 10 to remain in prison

Two of 13 journalists who are accused of taking part in or supporting a coup attempt in Turkey last year have been released by...

[VIDEO] Turkish minister: I would strangle Gülen supporters wherever I see them

Addressing students being sent abroad on scholarships, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's son-in-law and Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak has said he would...

5th resignation in AKP after Erdoğan’s call for rejuvenation

After Turkish President and Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the need for rejuvenation in his party...

Turkish prosecutor asks for continuation of journalists’ imprisonment

A Turkish prosecutor has asked for a continuation of the arrest of 12 out of 13 journalists who are accused of taking part in...

Prisoners battered to blindness in ‘sponged rooms’ in Turkey

Three inmates in İstanbul’s Silivri Prison -- Umut Gündüz Altın, Murat Yüksel and Musa Kurt -- have been battered by more than 30 guards...

Erdoğan cleric: Turkey should have nuclear power, work on Muslim friendship

Hayrettin Karaman, a leading theologian and issuer of fatwas, or religious edicts, for ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) circles and Turkish President Recep...

Turkish military: 58 PKK militants neutralized in one week

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have announced that a total of 58 outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists have been neutralized during operations in...

Political cartoonist Trivedi draws Turkey’s jailed mothers

Aseem Trivedi, an Indian free speech activist and political cartoonist, has drawn cartoons of 15 mothers and their newly born babies who have...

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