Turkey Lifts Ban on Wikipedia After Constitutional Court Ruling
A Turkish court on Wednesday lifted a ban on Wikipedia after almost three years.
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Turkey’s Top Court Rules Wikipedia Ban Violates Free Speech
Turkey's Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled that the government's ban on access to online encyclopedia Wikipedia violated freedom of expression, the official Anadolu news agency…
Wikipedia Asks European Rights Court to Lift Turkey’s Ban
The foundation that runs Wikipedia said Thursday it had filed a lawsuit with the European Court of Human Rights to lift Turkey's two-year block on the website.
Turkey Prosecutes Dissident Fox News Anchorman
A Turkish prosecutor on Friday launched an investigation into Fox News Turkey presenter Fatih Portakal less than two weeks after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan publicly lambasted the…
Turkey Court Orders Demirtas to Remain in Custody, Defying European Court
A Turkish court on Thursday ordered the continued detention of Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas despite a European rights court ruling calling for his release, an official from his…
CPJ: Turkey Remains World’s Worst Jailer of Journalists
U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released its annual report for 2018 on Thursday, naming Turkey as the largest prison of journalists with at least 68 media employees kept…
Another Academic Detained After Conviction of ‘Insulting Erdogan’
Law professor Cenk Yigiter, one of the signatories of 'Academics for Peace' that opposed the government offensives on Kurdish-majority provinces, has been detained by the conterterrorism…
Journalist Gets Prison Sentence After Calling Erdogan ‘Dictator’
Syrian-Turkish journalist Husnu Mahalli has been handed down a 29-month prison sentence on charges of "insulting the president" and a 20-month sentence for "insulting government officials,"…
Germany Denies Reports of Deporting Journalist Who Protested Erdogan
Berlin has decided not to renew residence permit for Turkish journalist Adil Yigit, who was last month forcibly removed from a press conference held by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…
Minister Kicks Out Reporters Over Controversial Public Tender Question
Turkey's Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Bekir Pakdemirli, has booted Turkish Fox TV reporter Beril Oguz and cameraman Serhat Yagmur out of a press conference, in response to a…