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Turkey’s top court says rights of convicted journalists Aksoy, Gürsel violated
Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled that
the rights to freedom and security of journalists Murat Aksoy and Kadri Gürsel
were violated by a Turkish court...
Critical Turkish journalist Murat Aksoy released on probation
Turkish journalist Murat Aksoy was released on probation on Friday, the T24 news website reported.The development was announced on Twitter by Aksoy’s lawyer, Yaman...
Critical journalist Aksoy arrested again to serve remaining sentence
Critical Turkish journalist Murat Aksoy was sent back to prison on Thursday after a regional appeals court last month upheld a two year, one...
Journalist to return prison after higher court upholds sentence
Journalist Murat Aksoy will be sent back to prison after a regional appeals court upheld a two year, one month sentence handed down by...
[BREAKING] 2 journalists, 1 teacher released after 416 days in pretrial detention
Atilla Taş, a former singer and a columnist for the now-closed Meydan daily, Murat Aksoy, former columnist of now-closed Bugün daily, and Davut Aydın,...
Court accepts indictment demanding 2 consecutive life sentences for 13 journalists
An indictment drafted by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office that seeks two consecutive life sentences for 13 people, including prominent Turkish journalists and...
İstanbul court arrests 12 journalists
An İstanbul court has arrested 12 out of 13 journalists who were taken into custody on April 1 as part of an investigation into...
Indictment shows journalists accused of terrorist activity only due to stories, tweets, retweets
The indictment of 29 journalists, 25 of whom are in pre-trial detention, reveals that they are accused of membership in a terrorist organization due...
Turkey’s arrested journalists ask for indictment, trial without detention
A number of Turkish journalists, most of whom were jailed in the wake of a failed coup attempt on July 15, have asked for...
Turkey’s jailed intellectuals agree failed to see AKP’s dark side: We regret support we once gave Erdoğan
Fundamental rights are suspended; political opponents, intellectuals are jailed; media is censored. Same old same old in Turkey. The pervasive sense of fear, apprehension...