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One of the recent irritating tendencies is that the restrictions imposed on the freedom of the press through court orders have spread to grave extent, somehow adopting a systematic characteristic.

The Constitutional Court’s landmark verdict on the Balyoz (Sledgehammer) coup case came only a few days after officials from Turkey and the European Union met at a working group meeting to allow the former to fulfill benchmarks for the opening of Chapter 23: Judiciary and fundamental rights.

The Economy Journalists Association’s (EGD) “Best News” award has gone to a report about a leaked phone conversation allegedly between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his son related to the graft investigation probe. Surprisingly, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan presented the award to a reporter of fiercely anti-government daily Sözcü, which published the winning piece. 

Stefan Füle, the European Union commissioner responsible for enlargement, is due to pay a two-day visit to Ankara next week to hold talks with senior Turkish officials on Turkey’s almost-stalled negotiation process.

Ognyan Zarev, who was in the management of the Bobov Dol mines, has been fired after a hidden-camera footage alleged controlled vote ahead of May's European Elections.

Hundreds of curious bystanders have marveled since Monday, when, for the first time, in the pedestrian area of the historical city center of Sibiu, a smiling "mystic" appeared, levitating a meter above the ground with the help of a staff surrounded by an aura of mystery and most importantly, an air of calm that amazed any viewer.

An opposition MP has included in his parliamentary question the claims that the Turkish government "pressured and threatened" Turkey's science watchdog TÜBİTAK for an expert report to conclude that the leaked voice recordings allegedly belonging to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan “were montage."

Leaked voice recordings allegedly belonging to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan “were montage,” Turkey’s science watchdog TÜBİTAK has concluded in an expert report submitted to the Ankara Prosecutor’s Office on June 6.

Banning access to YouTube constitutes a “heavy intervention into the freedom of expression of all users,” Turkey’s Constitutional Court has said in its detailed ruling, while underlining that social media is a transparent platform enabling communication.

The Telecommunications Directorate (TİB) unblocked access to YouTube on June 3, some 67 days after a ban that triggered global criticism of the Turkish government’s tightening grip on the Internet.