July 29, 2014

TUSKON warns against probing policemen under 'shadow of politics'

A large Turkish umbrella business group has called handcuffing and abusive treatment of policemen who participated in important criminal investigations as "unacceptable," expressing deep concern over the politicized measures.

EFJ: Zaman, Today's Zaman journalists targeted by Turkish authorities

Journalists working for media outlets such as Zaman, Today's Zaman or Taraf appear to be a new group of potential journalist targets for the Turkish authorities who have pursued a policy of criminalization against Kurdish, leftist and investigative journalists in the past, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has said.