As veteran Turkish journalist Can Dündar told me this week, “Like many autocrats, Erdoğan is intolerant of humour.” He fears the chilling effect this latest crackdown could have. “This may silence ...

In Turkey, four staff members of the satirical magazine LeMan were arrested on charges of inciting "public hatred and enmity"… The post Brickbat: Everyone's a Critic appeared first on Reason.com.

Radical Islamist mobs attacked Istanbul-based satirical magazine LeMan’s office. Police beat its personnel while detaining them. All politicians led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan targeted the ...

Cartooning for Peace, and Cartoonists Rights condemn the violence and arrests targeting the opposition satirical magazine ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday demanded that Turkish authorities release four staff members of the ...

Four staff at the satirical Turkish magazine LeMan have been arrested after being accused of inciting public hatred with a ...

Fourt staff members including the cartoonist have been formally arrested for “inciting the public to hatred and hostility.” ...

A Turkish court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of cartoonist Dogan Pehlevan and three others pending trial, after a drawing ...

Istanbul protesters target LeMan magazine over controversial cartoon Protests broke out in Istanbul after a satirical ...

Footage of the cartoonist's arrest showed him being dragged on the ground, handcuffed behind his back, and his head being ...

Clashes erupted in Istanbul Monday with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas to break up an angry mob after allegations ...

Turkish police have detained four employees of the satirical magazine LeMan over a controversial cartoon which authorities ...