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Turkish Nobel laureate says there is immense political pressure in Turkey
Orhan Pamuk, Turkish novelist and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature, said in an interview that there was immense political pressure in Turkey...
Turkish court releases imprisoned Grup Yorum musician on death fast
İbrahim
Gökçek, a jailed Turkish musician and a member of the leftist Grup Yorum band
who has been on a death fast since Jan. 3, was...
Turkey ranked 152nd among 163 countries on Global Peace Index
Turkey has again
dropped three places in the Global Peace Index 2019 and was ranked 152nd
among 163 countries, according to new data from the Sydney-based...
Public broadcaster cancels program of singer who supported opposition hashtag
The Turkish Radio and
Television Corporation (TRT), Turkey’s public broadcaster, has cancelled a
radio program featuring Turkish singer Sibel Tüzün because she supported an
opposition hashtag after...
Turkish entertainment TV station suspends broadcasting, claiming political pressure
Turkey’s second oldest private TV station, Flash TV, an entertainment outlet, has announced a self-imposed suspension of broadcasting for two months, claiming heavy political...
Demirtaş claims political pressure on his case is mounting
Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), argued in a statement that following a ruling by the...
Ankara court rules for continuation of Kurdish leader’s incarceration
The Ankara 19th High Criminal Court on Thursday ruled for a continuation of the detention of jailed Kurdish political leader Selahattin Demirtaş, the T24...