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2 Boğaziçi students arrested over artwork depicting Kaaba with LGBT flags

Two students from the İstanbul-based Boğaziçi University were arrested on Sunday on charges of inciting hatred and insulting religious values in a poster depicting...

Gülen followers face investigation for alleged arranged marriages

Cevheri Güven “Who introduced you to your spouse?” is one of the questions routinely asked during the interrogation of people detained as part of investigations...

Freedom of the press sustained further blows in Turkey in 2020, report reveals

A press freedom report drafted by the Turkish Journalists’ Association (TGC) for the year 2020 shows that there has been further regression in freedom...

Renowned Kurdish poet arrested shortly after criticizing Turkish gov’t crackdown on Gülen movement

Famous Kurdish poet, writer and journalist Yılmaz Odabaşı was arrested in İstanbul shortly after he criticized an ongoing crackdown by the Turkish government on...

Gag order imposed on news reports about embassy official allegedly involved in drug trafficking

A court in the northern Turkish province of Edirne has imposed a gag order on news reports about Veysel Filiz, a former employee of...

German foreign minister, CPJ slam Turkish court’s ruling on exiled journalist Dündar: report

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) slammed the ruling of a Turkish court on Wednesday that sentenced exiled...

Journalist not released from prison despite serving required time, opposition deputy says

A Turkish journalist who was given a prison sentence of six years, three months on terrorism charges is not being released from prison despite...

Former Kurdish deputy arrested after court hands down lengthy prison sentence

Leyla Güven, a Kurdish politician who was ousted from the Turkish Parliament in June and handed down a sentence of 22 years, three months...

Turkish judges board says review of Kavala’s arrest records ‘general and routine’ practice

The Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK), Turkey’s top judicial body, has said in a statement that its recent request to review records related...

Jailed lawyer dies in Turkey after 238 days of hunger strike

A lawyer sentenced to more than 13 years in prison by a Turkish court on terror charges died on Thursday after 238 days of...

Former TV anchorman arrested as part of post-coup crackdown in Turkey

Erkan Akkuş, a former anchorman at the now-closed Bugün TV, has been arrested by a Turkish court as part of a post-coup crackdown. A detention...

Another Turk arrested for allegedly insulting President Erdoğan

A Turkish man who allegedly insulted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media was arrested by a court on Tuesday, according to the Turkish...

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