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Erdoğan calls on giant social media companies to comply with controversial law

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is being criticized for strengthening his control over social media, has called on giant social media companies to...

Book for young people banned in Turkey for promoting ‘immorality’

Turkish authorities have banned a book by the famous Austrian writer Christine Nöstlinger on the grounds that it promotes immorality, the Birgün daily reported. The...

Turkey fines social media giants for not complying with controversial law

Turkey has imposed fines of TL 10 million ($1.17 million) each on social media giants such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for failing to...

US State Dept. says Turkey invokes counterterrorism laws to criminalize freedom of expression

In its “Country Reports on Terrorism 2019” released this week, the US State Department said Turkey has a broad definition of terrorism and that...

Erdoğan files criminal complaint against columnist, alleging instigation of coup

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s lawyer has filed a criminal complaint against journalist Ragıp Zarakolu for a column he wrote, accusing him of “instigating a military coup...

Babacan unveils long-awaited party, vows to end online censorship

Ali Babacan, formerly a close ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, unveiled the program of his breakaway political party on Wednesday, making a series of promises...

Merkel discusses freedom of expression and media with Turkish NGOs

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday met with representatives of Turkey’s leading nongovernmental organizations during a visit to the country, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported. Lawyer Veysel Ok, the...

Purged Turkish academics back in university as students

Three Turkish academics previously purged by government decrees have passed the nationwide university entrance exam and are now able to enroll as students, the Gazete Duvar news...

Top German court rejects comedian’s appeal over restrictions on satirical Erdoğan poem

Germany's highest court has upheld a ban on large sections of a satirical poem that mocked Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the state-run Anadolu news agency...

European rights court fines Turkey for violating Kurdish politician’s freedom of expression

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has fined Turkey for violating the right to free expression of jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who was convicted...

Turkey’s top court says banning Kurdish publications in prisons violates freedom of expression

Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday said preventing inmates’ access to certain newspapers and magazines is a “violation of freedom of expression,” the Artı Gerçek news website...

2 years on, Wikipedia still remains blocked in Turkey

April 29 marked the second anniversary of a ban imposed by Turkish authorities on access to popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia, with some international press organizations calling on...

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