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Reporting under fire: Mezopotamya news agency

Cevheri Güven In Turkey, where more than 150 journalists are in prison, the Mezopotamya news agency (MA) stands out as the latest major target of...

Report next-door neighbor violating COVID measures, Turkish gov’t tells citizens

New coronavirus measures announced by Turkey's interior ministry encourage building managers and neighbors to notify authorities upon seeing any indoor gatherings such as religious...

29 women killed in domestic violence in Turkey in November

A report released by the Stop the Murder of Women Platform shows that 29 women in Turkey were victims of fatal domestic violence in...

İstanbul mayor confirms attempted assassination claims denied by Turkish police

İstanbul’s opposition mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has confirmed claims that Turkish officials last month thwarted an assassination attempt against him, a day after the Security...

German, French backing of NATO reform plan expected to irk Ankara

The German and French foreign ministers on Tuesday expressed support for a NATO development strategy plan devised by experts that includes restricting the veto...

18 detained in anti-ISIL operation in Ankara

Turkish police on Wednesday detained 18 Iraqis who are suspected members of terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), according...

Over $95 million in irregularities in Turkish ministry accounts due to AKP-linked firm: report

Hundreds of millions of Turkish lira in irregularities in the books of Turkey’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure were a result of additional payments...

Turkey’s top court sees no rights violations in re-arrest of journalist Altan

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that no rights violation took place in the re-imprisonment of prominent writer and journalist Ahmet Altan after the court...

Anti-gov’t Twitter user released from jail after six-month-long incarceration

Taylan Kulaçoğlu, a popular anti-government Twitter user who was arrested in May after being targeted by pro-government media circles in Turkey, has been released...

Compromised independence of Turkey’s institutions is choking press freedom: IPI report

Turkey’s press freedom crisis is worsening amid the lack of independence of regulatory institutions as public criticism of topics sensitive to the Justice and...

Journalist acquitted of insult charges concerning Turkish first lady’s handbag

A journalist working for Turkey's left-wing Evrensel daily has been cleared of the insult charges he faced due to an article he wrote about...

Germany deporting teacher facing arrest in Turkey due to Gülen links

Cevheri Güven German authorities have taken action to deport a Turkish teacher who applied for asylum in the country to Turkey, where he faces an...

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