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Erdoğan blocks news about himself, his family, his senior officials: report

Forty-two percent of news reports blocked in Turkey between November 2019 and October 2020 are related to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his family...

Turkish mob boss detained, deported from North Macedonia

Cevheri Güven The North Macedonian Ministry of Interior announced that Sedat Peker, a well-known Turkish mob boss, was detained on Dec. 18 and deported. According...

Turkey punishes Twitter, Pinterest over new ‘censorship’ law

Turkey on Tuesday hit Twitter, Pinterest and Periscope with advertising bans after they failed to follow Facebook and appoint a local representative to take...

Facebook jumps on bandwagon to appoint local representative to Turkey

Facebook -- the most-visited website in Turkey -- following in the footsteps of social media giants like popular video-sharing website YouTube, has decided to...

Unable to get a meeting with Biden himself, Erdoğan turns to his defense minister

US President-elect Joe Biden has yet to respond to a request by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for a meeting that was communicated weeks...

Greece calls on EU to pressure Turkey to take back 1,500 migrants

Greece on Thursday called on European Union authorities to better enforce a landmark 2016 migrant deal and ensure that Turkey take back nearly 1,500...

HRW says thousands of Gülen followers in Turkish prisons on bogus terrorism charges

The arrest of thousands of people in Turkey due to their links to the faith-based Gülen movement is highlighted in the latest report by...

Vague terrorism charge used to target supporters of the Gülen movement: UN special rapporteurs

The vague and imprecise charge of “membership in an armed terrorist organization” appears to be repeatedly misused to target critics of the Turkish government’s...

Turkey leads the world in Twitter censorship

Turkey leads the world in Twitter censorship according to transparency report data for the years 2012 to 2020, submitting the largest number of takedown requests and...

Austria deports Turkish spy

Austrian authorities have deported Feyyaz Ö., a man who was previously arrested on charges of plotting to assassinate Austrian politician Berivan Aslan on behalf...

Behind Turkey’s WhatsApp panic: the ByLock experience

Tens of thousands of people in Turkey have begun leaving messaging app WhatsApp for other worldwide applications such as Telegram, Signal or the domestically...

Stockholm Center for Freedom joins the Alliance Against Genocide

The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) announced on Monday that it has joined the Alliance Against Genocide, an international coalition dedicated to creating the...

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