A Turkish asylum seeker’s dreams of a new life in New York lasted only two months, his hopes for a brighter future stolen by an accused drunken driver. Abdulhekim Esiyok’s journey began in Dogubeyazit, Turkey, less than 23 miles from the Iranian border, before ending in the fatal June 4 crash at Third Ave. and E. 21st St. near Manhattan’s Gramercy Park where he was crossing the street. “He .
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In just half a year, 25 Kurdish journalists were imprisoned in Turkey. On the day of the sixth month of the first arrests, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Turkey authorities to make the indictments public immediately and to take urgent measures to safeguard the rights of journalists and press freedom.
A Turkish court has sentenced a Syrian man for ordering the burning executions of two Turkish nationals in 2016, but many aspects of the grisly murder remain in the dark.
Press freedom advocates say police are exploiting anti-terror laws to round-up journalists before upcoming elections and a possible military operation in northern