Turkey

Media developments, Turkey 30/11/2018

Turkey media, between European solidarity and tolerance

The difficult situation of Turkey’s press told by well-known journalists, the effects of European solidarity initiatives, and the prospects for the future. A report of…

Media developments, Turkey 03/10/2018

Turkish court upholds life sentences without parole for four journalists

Istanbul, October 3, 2018–An Istanbul court of appeals yesterday upheld the sentences of life in prison without parole handed to four prominent Turkish journalists in February, media reported. Mehmet…

Media developments, Turkey 10/08/2018

Share the “World of Tayyips” and tell Turkey that satire is not a crime

Satirical cartoons of political leaders are widely understood as a crucial form of social commentary around the world. In Turkey, however, they’re yet another way…

Media developments, Turkey 06/07/2018

Turkish court hands heavy sentences to Zaman journalists

Turkish authorities should drop all charges against six journalists who worked for the now-shuttered Zaman daily newspaper, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The journalists were…

Featured Publications, Turkey 28/06/2018

Reporting human rights violations in Turkey

Reuters Institute Journalist Fellow’s Paper In this paper Reporting human rights violations in Turkey Kemal Göktaş (Journalist Fellow Oct 2017 – April 2018) looks at the development and…

Media developments, Turkey 15/06/2018

I Subscribe – to support independent journalism in Turkey

Global campaign launches with call to subscribe to secular daily Cumhuriyet. A coalition of freedom of expression organisations led by the International Press Institute (IPI)…

Media developments, Turkey 14/06/2018

Turkey: “In this country everything can change at any time”

For more than seven months German journalist Meşale Tolu was held in pre-trial detention in Turkey together with her son, a toddler. In Mid-December 2017…

Media developments, SEENPM News, Turkey 31/05/2018

Rights organizations defend jailed Turkish filmmakers facing up to 5 years in prison

SEENPM joined more than 40 human rights, film and cultural organizations in defense of imprisoned Turkish filmmakers Cayan Demirel and Ertugrul Mavioglu for their 2015…

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Media developments, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey 09/05/2018

Campaign to improve journalists working conditions in the Western Balkans and Turkey

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) launched a video campaign to raise awareness about the poor working conditions of journalists and media workers in the…

Media developments, Turkey 27/04/2018

Cumhuriyet trial: the crime is journalism

Joint statement of freedom of expression and human rights organizations to call on the institutions of the Council of Europe to remind Turkey of its…

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* - References to Kosovo are without prejudice to positions on status. They are in line with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/99 and the opinion by the International Court of Justice on the Kosovo declaration of independence.