English PEN – Cat Lucas – Jan 6, 7:46 AM
We, the undersigned, call for the immediate release of award-winning investigative journalist and author Ahmet Şık and other writers detained in violation of their right to freedom of expression in Turkey. Following his detention on 29
Turkey in grip of fear as Erdoğan steps up post-terror attack crackdown
Critics believe president’s intolerant approach to civil society may have fostered conditions in which atrocity was possible
The BBC’s Mark Lowen reflects on the 18 months of terror attacks in Turkey.
No Drinking Water Given to Journalist Ahmet Şık in Prison for 3 Days
Subjected to solitary confinement in Metris and Silivri prisons, journalist Ahmet Şık hasn’t been given drinking water for three days in Metris Prison.
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Turkish fashion designer Barbaros Sansal is detained after posting an angry diatribe on Twitter.
Another 6,000 people sacked and dozens of associations closed over alleged links to July coup plotters.
Today is the 18th birthday of Berkin Elvan, who was hit by a gas cartridge fired by a police and lost his life at the age of 15 during Gezi Resistance.