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‘Bad news’ themed art festival in Germany includes statue of Erdoğan

A golden effigy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan evoking the famous statue of Saddam Hussein has been erected in a central German city...

UN human rights panel calls on Turkish gov’t to release jailed journalists

International human rights and press freedom organizations called on the Turkish government to immediately release imprisoned journalists during the 38th session of the UN...

Woman jailed for insulting Turkish President Erdoğan on social media

A 54-year-old woman was arrested on Sunday in Eskişehir province for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, DHA reported. According to...

Jailed journalist Altan acquitted in Erdoğan insult case

Famous Turkish author and journalist Ahmet Altan, who was jailed in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016, has...

English PEN report: Freedom of expression in jeopardy in Turkey

The rise of criminal cases involving freedom of expression in Turkey under a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a military coup...

More cities ban theater play ‘Just Dictator’

"Just Dictator," a play starring critical actor Barış Atay, was not allowed to be performed in Hopa following a ban in the provincial city...

Cumhuriyet fires columnist Mert over ideological differences

Academic Nuray Mert has been fired from the Cumhuriyet daily, for which she has been writing columns since April 2015, for not complying with...

Interior Ministry: 80 detained in one week due to social media posts

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that at least 80 people were detained over the past week on charges of disseminating propaganda on...

Actor sentenced to 11 months in prison for sharing Erdoğan cartoon

Actor and columnist at Sol newspaper, Orhan Aydın was given suspended prison sentence of 11 months and 20 days for a cartoon he shared...

CoE human rights commissioner urges Turkey to restore freedom of expression

Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe's (CoE) commissioner for human rights, said on Tuesday that the space for democratic debate in Turkey has shrunk alarmingly...

Yet another social media user arrested for insulting Erdoğan

E.D., who was detained in İzmir for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, was arrested by an İzmir court on...

[VIDEO] Int’l cartoonist Latuff says Turkey must stop wasting time investigating cartoons

International cartoonist Carlos Latuff said in a video message on Friday in solidarity with the Turkey publisher of his cartoons, Murat Mıhçıoğlu, who was...

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