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HRW warns of deepening crackdown in Turkey

The detention of journalists from independent newspaper Cumhuriyet, the closure of the remaining Kurdish media outlets in the country and the jailing of two...

US expresses ‘deep concern’ over detention of Cumhuriyet columnists

As the Turkish government tightens its grip on the remaining few independent media outlets in the country, State Department Spokesperson John Kirby expressed concern...

TÜSİAD breaks silence, reacts to detention of Cumhuriyet columnists

Despite its overall low profile in the face of increasing pressure in the country, the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TÜSİAD) issued a statement...

Man who shot CHP deputy chairman: I told him to speak politely about Erdoğan

The man who attacked Republican People’s Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Bülent Tezcan in Aydın on Saturday said in his testimony that he warned the...

3 soldiers die, 1 wounded in PKK attack

Three soldiers died and one was wounded on Tuesday in a terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attack in Turkey’s eastern Hakkari province. Four PKK militants...

OSCE representative slams continuing arrests of journalists in Turkey

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović on Monday condemned the arrest of the editor-in-chief of Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper, Murat Sabuncu, and...

IPI board demands release of Kadri Gürsel, Cumhuriyet journalists

The International Press Institute (IPI)’s executive board has condemned "in the strongest possible terms" Turkish authorities’ move to silence what it called the country’s...

Government says crackdown does not target columnists, but foundation

Following the detention of Cumhuriyet columnists early on Monday, ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government spokesperson Numan Kurtulmuş stated that the investigation does...

Opposition parties condemn government crackdown on Cumhuriyet daily

The three opposition parties in Parliament -- the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and the Nationalist Movement...

[UPDATE] Turkey cracks down on critical Cumhuriyet daily, detains 12 journalists

Amid widespread concerns over deteriorating freedom of the press in Turkey, Turkey on Monday detained 12 journalists from the secularist and critical Cumhuriyet daily...

Cumhuriyet readers protest detention of journalists in front of daily’s building

Thousands of readers of the Cumhuriyet daily gathered in front of the paper’s headquarters in İstanbul's Şişli district on Monday to stand behind their...

EP’s Schulz says another red line crossed with detention of Cumhuriyet journalists

Martin Schulz, the president of the European Parliament (EP), harshly criticized the detention of a number of Cumhuriyet daily journalists, including the paper’s editor-in-chief,...

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