China’s media regulator is cracking down on video spoofs, the official Xinhua new agency reported, amid an intensified crackdown on any content that is deemed to be in violation of socialist core values under President Xi Jinping, South …
Turkey’s Dogan Holding confirmed it had started talks with Demiroren Holding on the sale of its $890 million media arm, a deal seen as further cementing media support for the country's President Recep Tayyip …
Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Tigran Sargsyan and chairperson of the Kazakh Senate's international affairs, security and defense committee, Dariga Nazarbayeva, discussed …
A German journalist detained in Turkey for a year Deniz Yucel is being released from jail pending trial, German officials and his lawyer said. Yucel, a correspondent for German daily Die Welt, could still …
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said the Constitutional Court had overstepped its limit, set out in the law, with its ruling to release two journalists on the grounds that their rights had been violated while in …
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev ratified the amendments to the laws "on information and communication issues" banning anonymous comment on the Kazakh websites. According to the president's …
Detention warrants have been issued in Turkey for a total of 35 journalists over allegedly using the smartphone application ByLock, used by the followers of the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah …
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denied that the country has jailed 150 journalists, saying only two people with press cards were in prison. "No-one is jailed because of journalism here, we have to …
The chief editor of a pro-Islamic Yeni Akit newspaper, Kadir Demirel, has died after being stabbed by his son-in-law, Turkey's Anadolu Agency said. Demirel, 56, died late on May 29 at his daughter's …
Turkey has banned radio and TV dating programs with a decree made possible by the country’s state of emergency. A new clause has been added to the article on protecting children in the country’s media law, RT reports. …
The Daily Sabah newspaper suggested that Jack Sparrow was inspired by a famous sailor and pirate Jack Ward who was born in England and sailed across the Mediterranean Sea. According to limited historical sources, James Ward was …
Turkey's Hurriyet newspaper has changed its editor-in-chief, a day after strong criticism of the prominent daily by the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a story suggesting discord between the government …
Turkish authorities arrested a correspondent for the Die Welt newspaper, Deniz Yucel, on charges of propaganda in support of a terrorist organisation and inciting the public to violence, according to a court witness. …
BBC Turkish correspondent Hatice Kamer was detained Saturday in the town of Sirvan while covering a recent copper mine collapse that killed at least 11 workers, the broadcaster said. Voice of America said its …
Turkish police detained the chairman of opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet, Akin Atalay, at Istanbul's main airport on Friday, less than a week after nine of its executives and journalists were formally arrested, the paper …
A stray cat became famous when it interrupted a live Turkish TV show and sat on the presenter's laptop. The adorable cat jumped up onto Kudret Çelebioğlu's desk, presenter of the Good Morning Denizli breakfast show on the …
The Turkish government has shut down 12 TV channels, including seven in Kurdish language, under the state of emergency imposed after the coup attempt in July, local media reported. According to the IMC broadcaster, Kurdish channels that …
Turkey ordered the shutdown of scores of media outlets, including three news agencies, 16 television channels and 45 newspapers, 15 magazines and 29 publishers, the state-run Andalou news agency reported. The moves represent a further …
Israeli police confirmed to the Times of Israel that a journalist who works for the Iranian news outlet al-Alam was arrested in the Golan Heights on terror suspicions, Honest Reporting news agency reports. …
The United States has criticized the conviction of Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Can Dundar and the daily’s Ankara bureau chief, Erdem Gul, who were sentenced to jail time for revealing state …
