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Court accepts indictment demanding 2 consecutive life sentences for 13 journalists

An indictment drafted by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office that seeks two consecutive life sentences for 13 people, including prominent Turkish journalists and...

Daughter of jailed journalist Çetinkaya: My father needs urgent medical care

R. G. Çetinkaya, the daughter of jailed Turkish journalist Tuncer Çetinkaya, has written a letter to Turkish Minute in which she explained the deteriorating...

IFJ- EFJ calls for urgent medical care for jailed Turkish journalist Çetinkaya

The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) has called on Turkish authorities to provide urgent medical care to Turkish journalist Tuncer Çetinkaya, who...

Journalist not released despite witness claims to have signed testimonies under torture

A Hakkari court on Wednesday declined to release journalist Nedim Türfent although 12 of 13 witnesses retracted their written testimonies and said they were...

Journalist Güven released after 30 days’ imprisonment

Cumhuriyet daily website editor Oğuz Güven, who was arrested on May 15 for allegedly disseminating the propaganda of a terrorist organization, was released after...

Court arrests Aydınlık Editor-in-Chief Yücel

İlker Yücel, editor-in-chief of the Aydınlık daily, which is affiliated with the ultranationalist Homeland Party (VP) of Doğu Perinçek, was arrested by a court...

Closed DİHA journalists Güzüpek and Ertaş detained in Turkey’s Diyarbakır

Zekeriya Güzüpek, former head of the now-closed pro-Kurdish Dicle news agency (DİHA), and journalist Mehmet Ali Ertaş, an editor for DİHA’s Kurdish service, were...

Arrest warrant issued for Sözcü license holder over Gülen links

Following the arrest on Friday of Sözcü daily reporter Gökmen Ulu and online manager Mediha Olgun, an arrest warrant has been issued for Sözcü’s...

Nokta editor detained while attempting to leave Turkey

Murat Çapan, a Nokta magazine editor who on Monday was sentenced to 22 years, six months for two cover stories, was detained along with...

Editor: If judges hadn’t ruled for my conviction, they would have been jailed

Cevheri Güven, the former editor-in-chief of the Nokta magazine who on Monday was sentenced to 22 years, six months in prison along with another...

Turkish court sentences editors to 22 years

A court in İstanbul has handed down a sentence of 22 years, six months to both Cevheri Güven and Murat Çapan, top editors of...

Sözcü publishes blank daily to protest gov’t operation

The Sözcü daily on Saturday published a totally blank edition to protest detention warrants issued the previous day for its owner and three of...

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