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Kubra Golge (pictured) says her husband, Serkan, has been held on bogus charges by the Turkish government. (Lauren Bohn/GroundTruth)
Rights

A NASA scientist’s detention reveals Turkey’s paranoia

Last year on the eve of Ramadan, Islam’s holy month, Kubra Golge was tending to her garden in...

Jun 30, 2017
GroundTruth journalists Lauren Bohn and Tugba Tekerek FaceTime with journalist Fatih Yagmur, now in relative hiding in an undisclosed African country. (Photo by Lauren Bohn/GroundTruth)
Media Industry

On World Press Freedom Day, Turkey doesn’t hesitate to target journalists

For Fatih Yagmur, a 31-year-old, award-winning Turkish journalist, World Press Freedom Day doesn’t mean much. “It doesn’t mean...

May 03, 2017
The town of Antakya, in southern Turkey, where NASA scientist Serkan Golge has been kept in prison for the past nine months (Photo by Chanilim714/Wikimedia Commons)
Rights

NASA scientist imprisoned in Turkey ordered to remain behind bars

ANTAKYA, Turkey — There was a time when a typical Monday afternoon for Serkan Golge entailed calculating the effects...

Apr 21, 2017
Rights

No hard evidence against a NASA scientist imprisoned in Turkey

A NASA scientist, Serkan Golge, has spent the last eight months in a Turkish prison. An attempted coup...

Mar 23, 2017

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