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EU urged to address censorship by large online platforms at authoritarian governments’ request

Bünyamin Tekin, Brussels Speakers at a Brussels panel discussion marking World Press Freedom Day warned that journalists in exile face increasing censorship from large online...

Authorities must protect Turkish Cypriot journalist after source murdered in Netherlands: CPJ

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged Turkish Cypriot authorities to provide full protection to a journalist who exposed a cross-border corruption network...

AI-generated avatars of jailed İstanbul mayor flood X in protest of blocking of his account

Supporters of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu launched a viral online protest on Thursday after the social media platform X blocked his account based...

PKK says it held congress aimed at laying down arms, to announce ‘historic’ decisions soon

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has announced that it held the congress this week called for by jailed leader Abdullah Öcalan, at which...

23 detained in new raids targeting döner restaurant chain seized over Gülen links

Turkish police have detained 23 people in a renewed crackdown on individuals accused of ties to a popular döner restaurant chain recently seized by...

Turkish lawmakers slam Google over declining traffic to independent news sites

Opposition lawmakers in Turkey accused Google of undermining press freedom by using opaque algorithms that sharply reduce traffic to independent news sites, during a...

Students questioned about lawful activities in Gaziantep investigation targeting Gülen followers

The number of people, mostly students, detained this week as part of a sweeping operation targeting alleged members of the faith-based Gülen movement has...

CoE delegation visits jailed İstanbul mayor, condemns his detention without trial

A delegation from the Council of Europe (CoE) visited İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in jail this week, marking the first international meeting with the...

US court orders Trump administration to transfer Rümeysa Öztürk to Vermont: report

A US federal appeals court has ordered President Donald Trump's administration to transfer a Turkish student at Tufts University to Vermont for a bail...

İstanbul produce tainted with multiple pesticides: Greenpeace

A single piece of fruit sold in İstanbul contained residue from as many as 21 different pesticides, according to a new report by Greenpeace...

Tens of thousands take part in İstanbul rally for jailed mayor

Tens of thousands of people took part in a rally Wednesday in İstanbul to support the city's jailed mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who has become...

Turkey blocks X account of jailed İstanbul mayor

Turkish authorities on Thursday blocked access to the account of İstanbul's jailed opposition mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on social media platform X, where he has...

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