Frederike Geerdink, a Dutch journalist based in Diyarbakır who was detained by the police last month for her tweets, has been charged with “PKK propaganda”.

Defending freedom of speech or bowing down to censorship?

A European Parliament session on Charlie Hebdo incident emphasized on the conclusions of Safety Net for European Journalists Project.

Following the retreat of ISIS, Anatolia Agency photographer Eşber Ayayadın tracked down the traces of war in Rojava’s Kobane canton located in Northern Syria.

According to figures published by the Environment Agency 97.2 per cent of the population living in urban areas in Turkey were exposed to at least 35 days of air pollution above the recommended health limit. Turkey is continuing to breathe this invisible and silent killer.

French President François Hollande’s choice to shake Davutoğlu's hand even though he kissed or hugged all other leaders created viral mock videos on social media.

The murders this week are not attacks against French freedom of speech, a tradition which has its own dark history, but it is one of many attacks on freedom of speech everywhere. The journalists at Charlie Hebdo are no more or no less heroes than the Iraqi, Syrian, Tunisian, or Algerian journalists who have been killed.

Journalists affiliated with various news organizations in Turkey protested the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris by releasing photos taken from their offices with the banner “Je suis Charlie”.

After the attack at Charlie Hebdo magazine headquarters in Paris that left 12 people dead, a group assembled outside French Consulate in downtown Istanbul, protesting the incident with one minute of silence and pencils.

Turkey’s caricaturists and humor writers condemned the attack on Charlie Hebdo that led to the death of 12 people including 4 caricaturists.

Detained in the early morning from her apartment in Diyarbakır for “terrorism propaganda”, Dutch journalist Frederike Geerdink has been released.

Özgür Ö., a petty officer at Turkish Armed Forces who was lost in Syria and allegedly kidnapped by ISIS, has been brought back to Turkey after an operation by MIT.

Frederike Geerdink, a foreign journalists based in Diyarbakır, has been detained by the police for “terrorism propaganda” charges.

Istanbul 1st Peace Court is reportedly working to issue an international arrest warrant for the influential cleric Fethullah Gülen after police authorities informed that he doesn’t reside in Turkey.

What is actually happening today is an ongoing humanitarian crisis considering the influx of Syrian refugees in Turkey, the Kurdistan Region and elsewhere, not only of Kurdish but also non Kurdish population, and as such could not leave the international community unmoved.

Kobane Crisis Coordination released a statement, claiming that the government only helped with the lodging of 10,000 refugees from Kobane and left the remaining 180,000 to municipality and other local groups.

Turkey appealed to the ECHR verdict on compulsory religion classes on its last day of application. The court may either admit or decline the application without any further explanation.

Rûdaw TV workers Ferhad Hamo and Mesud Akil have been kidnapped in Syria’s Rojava district by a group allegedly linked with ISIS.

According to RSF’s 2014 Round Up of Abuses Against Journalists, Turkey ranked as third after Ukraine and Venezuela in terms of violence against journalists with 117 cases.

While three Turkish soldiers lost their lives in the southeastern border district of Ceylanpınar during patrol duty, Turkish Army released a statement saying that it was due to a “frantic” soldier.