by TurkeyPurge | Jul 5, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Mümtaz’er Türköne, a political scientist and a columnist for now-closed Zaman daily, has been pictured in handcuffs as he was going through a medical check-up at an İstanbul hospital. According to the Jailed Journos Twitter account, Türköne was forced to remain...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The trial of 30 journalists and newspaper executives from the now-closed Zaman newspaper started on Monday, after a wait of 414 days in pretrial detention for most of them, the t24 news website reported. The case is being heard by the İstanbul 13th High Criminal Court...
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