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Media developments, Turkey 26/02/2016

Two arrested journalists released in Turkey after 92 days

The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) warmly welcomed today Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruling on February 25 stating that the rights of Cumhuriyet newspaper journalists Can…

Media developments, Turkey 05/02/2016

Leading writers call on Turkish PM to release colleague

Case against Mehmet Baransu: “Vengeance, not justice” Leading authorities and practitioners of investigative journalism have appealed to the Turkish prime minister to drop charges against…

Media developments, Turkey 28/01/2016

Aggravated life sentences sought for journalists in Turkey unacceptable, OSCE Representative says

VIENNA, 28 January 2016 – The severe charges against journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül could further increase the already critical pressure that opposing voices…

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Member news, Montenegro, SEENPM News, SEENPM Publications, Serbia, Turkey 21/12/2015

2015 Media Integrity Reports on Seven Enlargement Countries Released

A new series of media integrity reports on the seven EU hopefuls has been released as part of the SEE Media Observatory project. Now in its Phase…

Media developments, SEENPM News, Turkey 16/12/2015

SEENPM Voices Concerns Over Press Freedom in Turkey: Open Letter to Turkish President and PM

16 December 2015 Dear President Erdoğan and Prime Minister Davutoğlu, The undersigned civil society organizations, members of the South East European Network for Professionalization…

Media developments, Member news, Turkey 12/12/2015

The first prison visit: P24 stands with jailed journalists in Turkey

Attorney-at-law Veysel Ok of P24’s Legal Unit visited five journalists imprisoned over their news reporting. Cumhuriyet daily’s Editor-in-Chief Can Dündar, Ankara Bureau Chief Erdem Gül,…

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Montenegro, SEENPM Publications, Serbia, Turkey 30/06/2015

Monitoring EU Guidelines

South East European Media Observatory, a project of a group of SEENPM member organizations, monitored the independence and transparency of media regulators and public service…

Media developments, Turkey 23/10/2014

Media in SEE marred by ownership concentration, lack of solidarity and fear of job loss

From: “Press office – Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso” <press@balcanicaucaso.org> Date: 22 October 2014, 18:46:53 GMT+3 Monopolies, non-transparent means of finance, weak unions, no possibility of…

SEENPM News, Turkey 25/10/2013

Addressing online hate speech in South East European media

Sarajevo – Over 90 participants took part last week, 16 and 17 October, in the regional conference “Addressing online hate speech in South East Europe…

Media developments, Turkey 06/05/2011

Putting Freedom of Expression at the Heart of the Accession Process

”The European Commission will accept no deviation on the part of candidate countries from European Union standards on freedom of expression and the media,” Enlargement…

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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.