Turks Face a Choice: Erdoğan or Democracy
by SARABRYNN HUDGINS* Freedom House Now that constitutional amendments on a stronger presidency have cleared the parliament, referendum voters must decide whether to endorse their [more >>>]
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Turkey: Pro-government newspapers rewarded with state-sponsored advertising
INDEX ON CENSORSHIP MAGAZINE Imprisoned journalists make headlines, but the Turkish government has a more insidious method for controlling the media, researchers BURAK BILGEHAN ÖZPEK [more >>>]
Armenian, Assyrian Writing Removed from Sur Municipality Building in Diyarbakir
Armenian Weekly Armenian and Assyrian Writing Replaced by Turkish Flag DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — The Armenian and Assyrian (Neo-Aramaic) writing on the Sur municipality building in [more >>>]
UN expert warns on Turkish government’s ‘draconian measures’ on freedoms of expression [Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré]
UN News Centre 18 November 2016 – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of opinion and expression raised concerns over the [more >>>]
Turkey: Arrest of Parliamentarians Accelerates Descent into Dictatorship
Freedom House WASHINGTON – In response to the mass detention of leaders and Members of Parliament of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey, Freedom [more >>>]
Turkey detains editor, top staff at opposition newspaper
By HUMEYRA PAMUK and DAREN BUTLER Reuters Turkish police detained the editor and senior staff of a leading opposition newspaper on Monday over its alleged [more >>>]
‘What about our human rights?’: Kurds feel force of Turkey’s crackdown
By CONSTANZE LETSCH The Guardian Ahmet stood on a roof in the district of Sur in Diyarbakır and watched as two bulldozers razed his family [more >>>]
As the Turkish government acknowledges an overdose in post-coup probes…
By MURAT YETKİN Hürriyet Daily News Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Aug. 8 that the government would establish “crisis desks” in order to [more >>>]
Turkey arrests 27 more businessmen in coup investigation
turkishminute.com A total of 27 businessmen were arrested on Thursday as part of an ongoing investigation into a failed coup attempt in July that the [more >>>]
More than 11,000 teachers suspended over PKK links
Hurriyet Daily News More than 11,000 teachers have been suspended over suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkey’s Education Ministry announced on [more >>>]