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Dundar: There is a better Turkey than Erdogan’s and a better EU than Merkel’s
Can Dündar, the Turkish journalist who gained international notoriety as a symbol of the resistance against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s crackdown on media, called “shameful” the arrangements between the EU and Turkey to deal with the migration crisis and expressed doubts that they will work.
Erdogan says Turkey will not change its anti-terrorism law
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday (7 May) accused European nations of hypocrisy in pressing his country on terror laws while "sidelining democracy" at home in their own fight against terrorism.
Turkish academics go on trial for ‘terrorist propaganda’
Four Turkish academics go on trial Friday for "terrorist propaganda" in the latest of a series of court cases that have highlighted growing restrictions on free speech under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Turkish reporters back in court for press freedom case
The controversial trial of two well-known Turkish journalists enters its second day Friday (1 April) in a case seen as a test of press freedom under the increasingly autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkey protests UK diplomat’s comments on editors trial
Turkey has protested over the presence and behaviour of consuls from EU states at the controversial espionage trial of two journalists, an official said yesterday (28 March), in an escalating spat between Ankara and its Western allies.
Turkish court takes journalists’ espionage trial behind closed doors
A Turkish court took the trial of two prominent journalists charged with espionage behind closed doors today (25 March) and accepted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a complainant, in a case which has drawn international condemnation.
Turkey frees two prominent journalists pending their trial
Two Turkish journalists charged in a hugely controversial case with revealing state secrets and held in jail for the last three months were released early yesterday (25 February) after Turkey's constitutional court ruled their rights had been violated.