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Nearly 1,000 arrests in Turkey two days before the 10th anniversary of the failed coup

On July 15, 2016, a faction of the military attempted to overthrow the government of President Erdogan - The failed coup attempt resulted in more than 250 deaths & 2,000 injuries

EU Parliament ram through “Chat Control” extension with undemocratic procedural trick

Οpponents warn that the infrastructure for automated scanning of private communications creates a dangerous precedent that could later expand to other categories of content, such as political speech or “disinformation”

Two journalists detained in Turkey ahead of the NATO summit

Arrests have increased tenfold as Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomes NATO heads of state and government today and tomorrow for the summit

Turkey: CHP appeals to Turkey’s Supreme Administrative Court over removal of its leadership

Internal party tensions, gatherings of supporters, and increased police presence outside CHP headquarters in Ankara - Turkey’s stock market rebounds after the sell-off caused by political turmoil

Turkey: Erdogan ordered the closure of a private university in Constantinople

Bilgi University is generally regarded as a liberal institution, participates in the Erasmus program

Turkey: Imamoglu’s trial for “political espionage” started today

The prosecution alleges that there was access to personal data of citizens through a database allegedly related to the Istanbul Municipality

Do not compare us with Russia and China, Imamoglu asks von der Leyen

He urged the EU to pay more attention to the Turkish story and stop looking at the country "through the prism of fear and clichés"

Mitsotakis on the 59th anniversary of the April 21 coup: The goods of democracy are not self-evident, populism is a modern threat

"With knowledge, plan and boldness we are building, day by day, the proud Greece of 2030", the Prime Minister stresses

Meta shuts down Romania’s largest independent newspaper page, sparking press freedom concerns

Meta has removed the Facebook page of Gandul, one of Romania’s most prominent independent digital newspapers, without prior warning-triggering strong backlash over press freedom and platform accountability

Reactions in Turkey to the detention of a journalist from the opposition newspaper BirGün

Ismail Are accused of spreading misleading information - Journalists' associations call for his immediate release

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