What’s next for Turkey’s journalists following post-coup crackdown?
By CENGIZ ÇANDAR* Al Monitor Aug. 30 is the date of the decisive victory won against the invading Greek force in 1922 that led to [more >>>]
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Declarations from 62 High Schools in 13 Days
By BEYZA KURAL bianet.org The number of high schools publishing declarations has risen to 62 in the 13 days following the protests in İstanbul High [more >>>]
Turkey’s Erdogan came to Washington, and things got a bit crazy
By ISHAAN THAROOR* The Washington Post Visiting Washington this week to attend the Nuclear Security Summit, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived at the Brookings [more >>>]
Turkey: Thousands of cases against people accused of insulting Erdogan
By NEOnline/GK By ASSOCIATED PRESS neurope.eu As many as 1,845 cases have been opened against people who are accused of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip [more >>>]
Turkey’s president Erdogan rejects court ruling to free journalists
By LAURA PITEL The Independent Can Dundar and Erdem Gul left prison on Friday after the Constitutional Court ruled that their rights had been violated [more >>>]
Demirtas: Turkey’s ruling party is ‘extension’ of ISIS
rudaw.net ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Selahettin Demirtas, co-chair of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), bitterly denounced the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) on [more >>>]
Press struggles to cover conflict in southeast Turkey
By CHASE WINTER Deutsche Welle The conflict between Kurdish militants and Turkish security forces has received skewed coverage in the media. A group of journalists [more >>>]
Hidden child labour: how Syrian refugees in Turkey are supplying Europe with fast fashion
By FREDERIK JOHANNISSON The Guardian Thousands of Syrian refugees are working illegally in the Turkish garment industry where child labour, low wages and poor conditions [more >>>]
Turkey Ranks First in Violation of Freedom of Expression before ECtHR
BIANET News Desk European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has announced its statistics for the year 2015. Russia has ranked first being 109 times convicted [more >>>]
OSCE media freedom representative calls for increased efforts to identify masterminds behind journalist Hrant Dink’s murder
OSCE newsroom VIENNA, 19 January 2016 – Commemorating the ninth anniversary of the assassination of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, OSCE Representative on Freedom of [more >>>]