Turkey’s Appeals Court Acquits Journalist Mehmet Altan
Turkey's top appeals court on Friday ordered the acquittal of journalist Mehmet Altan over links to the group blamed for the 2016 failed coup, state media reported.
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Turkish Opposition Daily Cartoonist Musa Kart Sent Back to Jail
Six former staff of the opposition daily Cumhuriyet including cartoonist Musa Kart went back to prison on Thursday after an appeals court upheld their jail sentences.
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…
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…
Turkey Prosecutes 227 For Social Media Posts Within A Week
Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 227 individuals have been prosecuted in relation to their social media posts, while a total of 956 suspects were detained on charges of…