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Turkey’s top appeals court declines to uphold aggravated life imprisonment of journalists
The 16th Criminal Department of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has declined to uphold the aggravated life sentences handed down by a lower court...
RSF 2018 report: Turkey remains world’s biggest jailer of professional journalists
Turkey continues to be the world’s biggest jailer of professional journalists according to a report released on Tuesday by Reporters without Borders (RSF), despite...
‘Merciless, unjust and unfair,’ author Pamuk says of conviction of journalists
Orhan Pamuk, Turkey’s most famous writer and a Nobel laureate in literature, has criticized the aggravated life sentences handed down to six journalists including...
EU calls for fair trial of Turkish journalists in Altan case
The European Union has called on Turkey to respect democratic standards and practices and to ensure that a group of journalists and writers receive...
3 consecutive life sentences sought for prominent journalists on coup charges
An indictment drafted by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office seeks three consecutive life sentences for 16 people, including prominent Turkish journalists, on coup...
Turkey arrests journalist Mehmet Altan on coup charges, releases brother
After spending 12 days in detention, journalist and academic Mehmet Altan was arrested by an Istanbul court on Thursday, while his brother, Ahmet Altan,...
Altan brothers asked about Sledgehammer coup plot during police interrogation
On the 11th day of their detention, journalist and author brothers Ahmet Altan and Mehmet Altan were asked about a suspected military coup plan...