Protests in Van intensify over Turkey’s mayoral trustee appointment
Protests in Van (Wan), a Kurdish-majority city in eastern Turkey, have escalated after the government removed elected mayor Abdullah Zeydan ...
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Turkish police detain activists, journalists, and politicians in raids
Turkish police launched dawn raids across multiple provinces on Tuesday, detaining at least 52 people, including opposition politicians, journalists, and ...
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Turkish airstrike kills another journalist near Tishreen Dam, northern Syria
The Kurdish journalist Agid Roj was killed on Saturday in a Turkish air strike near the Tishreen dam, northeast of ...
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Memorial to killed Kurdish journalists destroyed by alleged Turkish intelligence agents
On the night of 11 February 2025, the portraits of two Kurdish women journalists, Gulîstan Tara and Hêro Bahadîn, were ...
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Turkey’s crackdown on dissent deepens as Osman Kavala condemns latest arrest
Jailed Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala has condemned the recent arrest of talent manager Ayşe Barım, describing it as part of ...
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Public officials sentenced in retrial over Hrant Dink’s assassination
A Turkish court has delivered its verdict in the retrial of public officials accused of responsibility in the 2007 assassination ...
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Daily News : 07 February 2025
07/02/2025 – #DailyNews – #MedyaNews 📍The International Press Institute and over 30 other press freedom and human rights ...
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Press freedom violations surge in Turkey with Kurdish journalists under heightened attack
Press freedom violations in Turkey have surged since the start of 2025, drawing alarm from the International Press Institute (IPI) ...
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Increasing pressure on journalists in Turkey: 18 detained, 9 arrested in January
The Dicle Firat Journalists Association (DFG) has released a report detailing the crackdown on journalists in Turkey in January 2025. ...
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Turkey probes media over 2013 Gezi protests amid new arrests
İstanbul prosecutors have launched an investigation into media coverage of the 2013 Gezi Park protests, requesting broadcast archives from Turkey’s ...
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