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Novelist Erdoğan: Altan is a victim of Ergenekon-Erdoğan bargain

Turkish novelist Aslı Erdoğan, who spent 132 days in jail in 2016 for displaying solidarity with the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem newspaper, has said jailed...

Jailed journalist Altan sentenced to additional 6 years on terror-related charges

An İstanbul court on Wednesday sentenced prominent Turkish novelist and editor-in-chief of the now-closed Taraf newspaper Ahmet Altan, who was sentenced by another court to...

38 Nobel laureates call on Erdoğan to restore freedom of expression in Turkey

In an open letter published in The Guardian on Feb. 28, 2018, a group of 38 Nobel laureates called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip...

6 journalists including Altan brothers given aggravated life sentences

A Turkish court on Friday handed down aggravated life sentences to three prominent journalists and three other defendants on charges of attempting to destroy...

Altans’ lawyer tells judges ignoring top court’s ruling could lead to expulsion from post

Ergin Cinmen, a lawyer representing prominent journalists Ahmet Altan and Mehmet Altan, has told judges hearing the trial of his clients to comply with...

Judge tells prominent journalist to stop Erdoğan criticism at coup trial

A judge hearing the trial of seven journalists including Nazlı Ilıcak and the Altan brothers, who are being tried on coup charges, has intervened...

Court rules to keep journalist Baransu in prison

An İstanbul court on Monday ruled to keep in prison former Taraf daily journalist Mehmet Baransu, who was jailed in March 2015 after he...

RSF calls on Turkey to release journalists

Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which is monitoring two ongoing trials of journalists in Turkey, on Tuesday called for the release of the journalists from...

Journalist Altan: Existence of judges distinguishes states from armed gangs

Journalist Ahmet Altan, who appeared before a court on Tuesday for the second hearing of a coup trial, said in his defense that states...

17 suspects including Ilıcak, Altan brothers appear in court for second hearing

Seventeen suspects including journalists Nazlı Ilıcak, Ahmet Altan and his brother Mehmet Altan appeared in court on Tuesday for the second hearing of their...

Jailed journalist Altan: They can lock me up, but not my imagination

Prominent Turkish novelist and journalist Ahmet Altan, who has been in pretrial detention since Sept. 23 of last year, said in an essay published...

[OPINION] European rights court finds Turkey’s intel agency MİT in breach of ECHR

by Abdullah Bozkurt In a landmark decision, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey’s notorious National Intelligence Organization (MİT) violated the...

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