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CNN Türk, DHA cut opposition leader’s speech after sale to pro-gov’t group

In a development that fueled concerns that media outlets formerly owned by the Doğan Media Group would give less coverage to Turkey’s opposition after...

Former HDP co-chairperson Yüksekdağ given 6-month jail sentence

Figen Yüksekdağ, former co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who has been jailed since November 2016, has been handed down a prison...

Doğan sells book store chain D&R to pro-gov’t Turkuvaz Group

Doğan Holding has sold Turkey’s largest bookstore chain, D&R, to the Turkuvaz Media Group, which is known to be close to Turkey’s ruling Justice...

Detention warrants for 140 military personnel, civilians over alleged Gülen links

The Istanbul and Konya chief public prosecutor’s offices on Friday issued detention warrants for 140 military members and civilians affiliated with the military as...

AKP deputy says prophets did not have diplomas, either

Amid never-ending debates as to whether Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has a university degree, Justice and Development Party (AKP) İstanbul deputy Metin Külünk...

Interior minister’s mobile phones wiretapped by police officers under his command

Mobile phones used by Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu have been illegally wiretapped by police officers who normally act on his orders, according to...

Jailed journalist Ünal: My screams for justice have faded away in a bottomless pit

Mustafa Ünal (50), a jailed veteran journalist and former Ankara bureau chief for the shuttered Zaman daily, has urged the judges in his trial...

Turkish prosecutor seeks to lift immunity of CHP leader on charges of insulting Erdoğan

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has prepared a summary of proceedings against main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for the...

Three-year jail sentence sought for journalist Baysal due to tweets on Afrin

A prosecutor is seeking a three-year jail sentence for journalist Nurcan Baysal due to her tweets critical of an ongoing Turkish military operation in...

CHP takes sale of Doğan media to Turkish Competition Authority

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has filed a complaint with the Turkish Competition Authority regarding the recent sale of the Doğan Media...

4 journalists from pro-Kurdish daily arrested on terror charges

A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled to arrest three editors and one media worker from the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper, which was seized by...

German ambassador: Berlin does not recognize Gülen movement as ‘terrorist’ group

German Ambassador to Turkey Martin Erdmann has said his country’s judiciary does not recognize the Gülen movement as a terrorist organization and that Turkey...

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