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Turkish court rules Altan brothers, Ilıcak, others to remain in jail

An İstanbul court on Monday ruled that journalists Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan, Nazlı Ilıcak and Fevzi Yazıcı, who were arrested in September 2016 on...

12 journalists detained, 4 arrested, 11 imprisoned in Turkey in October

Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy and former journalist Barış Yarkadaş on Monday said that in October, 12 journalists in Turkey have been detained,...

Imprisoned journalists claim to have been tortured in Turkey

Thirteen inmates including journalists Erdoğan Alayumat and Serkan Erdoğan from the Dicle news agency (Dihaber) and Özgürlükçü Demokrasi daily, respectively, both of which were...

Jailed journalist Alpay: They know we have been wronged

Dr. Şahin Alpay, one of 280 journalists currently in Turkish prisons, expressed thanks to politicians and local and foreign colleagues who have objected to...

CPJ denies Erdoğan’s claim about jailed journalists being terrorists

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday denied Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s assertion about jailed journalists being terrorists and said 81 journalists...

German journalists call on Erdoğan to release jailed colleagues

Fourteen German associations representing hundreds of journalists sent an open letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan calling for the release of their jailed...

Turkish prosecutor asks for continuation of journalists’ imprisonment

A Turkish prosecutor has asked for a continuation of the arrest of 12 out of 13 journalists who are accused of taking part in...

13 Turkish journalists go on trial over alleged coup support

The trial of 13 journalists accused of taking part in or supporting a coup attempt in Turkey last year is to start on Wednesday...

[UPDATE] Two pro-Kurdish journalists detained in Turkey

Pro-Kurdish news agency Dihaber reporter Deniz Nazlım and Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper reporter Hamdullah Bayram were detained in raids carried out by by Turkish police on Monday. According...

BIA report: 142 aggravated life sentences sought for 301 journalists in Turkey

A recently released quarterly report, the BIA Media Monitoring Report, has revealed that 136 journalists were in Turkish jails as of July 1 while...

Jagland says jailed journalists and MPs are priority for Council of Europe

Thorbjørn Jagland, the secretary-general of the Council of Europe, in reference to arrests in Turkey, has said journalists and members of Parliament are priorities...

Erdoğan says 176 of 177 journalists in jail on terrorism charges

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said 176 of 177 journalists in prison in Turkey are there due to their ties to terrorist organizations,...

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