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Turkey remains world’s worst jailer of journalists, CPJ report says

According to a report released on Thursday by media freedom advocacy group the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Turkey remains the world’s worst jailer...

Turkey establishes its first space agency

A presidential decree issued on Thursday announced the establishment of the Turkish Space Agency, which will decide and conduct the country’s “national space program,”...

Turkish academic gets suspended sentence for signing peace declaration

Academic Ceren Sözeri on Thursday was handed down a suspended sentence of one year, three months for signing a declaration in 2016 that demanded...

Turkey detains 47 people including YouTubers for encouraging drug use on Internet

Turkish police on Thursday detained 47 people including two owners of a famous YouTube channel as part of an investigation into the encouragement of...

Erdoğan announces initiative targeting financial resources of Gulen movement abroad

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday that his government has been preparing for an attempt to destroy the financial resources of the...

Turkish prosecutors issue 43 detention warrants over Gülen links

Forty-three detention warrants were issued on Thursday as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the Gülen movement. The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office...

9 killed, 86 injured in Ankara train crash

Nine people were killed and 86 injured when a high-speed train crashed into a locomotive in a suburb of Turkey’s capital of Ankara early...

Turkey ranks 107th among 162 countries in Human Freedom Index

Turkey, which frequently appears in the international spotlight due to its widespread human rights violations, ranks 107thon a list of 162 countries in a...

RTÜK adds ‘respect for the national will’ to its new code of ethics

Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), which has drafted a new code of ethics, has adopted “respect for the national will” as a...

Austrian chancellor calls for immediate release of journalist Zirngast from Turkish jail

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has called the detention of Austrian journalist Max Zirngast on terrorism charges in Turkey "unacceptable" and demanded his immediate release...

50 more HDP members detained by Turkish police in Diyarbakır

Turkish police on Wednesday detained 50 more members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who had started a hunger strike in solidarity with jailed...

Jailed Kurdish politician Demirtaş defies court, accuses judges of partiality

Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed former co-chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), in his defense on Wednesday challenged the court and accused...

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