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Turkey: EU Investigative Journalism Awards: Here are the winners!

This year’s top EU investigative journalism prize went to Hilal Köse of Cumhuriyet for her series exposing child abuse in prisons. by Yonca Poyraz Doğan The second...

Yavuz Baydar: Imminent collapse of journalism in Turkey

On World Press Freedom Day, we should remember that a free media in Turkey faces extinction under its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. By Yavuz Baydar...

Turkish Journalist Association: Journalism Has Been Blacklisted

Turkish Journalists Association has reminded of the crackdowns on freedom of the press and expression in Turkey in its statement made for May 3...

Freedom of the Press 2016: Serbia, Macedonia and Turkey Decline

According to key findings of the Freedom House Freedom of the Press 2016 report, press freedom declined to its lowest level in 12 years in 2015, as...

OSCE RFoM concerned about state of Internet freedom in Turkey, calls for legal reform of Law 5651

VIENNA, 15 April 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović expressed concern today about the state of Internet freedom in Turkey,...

As Turkey broadens media crackdown, CPJ expands coverage

"Turkey Crackdown Chronicle" to increase documentation of press freedom violations New York, March 21, 2016 - In response to the recent spike in media freedom...

Turkey: Why Peace Journalism is Needed Today – Handbook on Peace Journalism

Interview with prof. Sevda Alankuş by Elif Akgül İstanbul - BIA News Desk, 18 March 2016 Peace Journalism Handbook will be published on March 25 by İPS Communication...

Letter: EU must not ignore collapse of media freedom in Turkey

By Index on Censorship / 16 March 2016 The President of the European Council Donald Tusk General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union Rue de la...

EFJ/IFJ call to drop all the charges against journalist Füsun Erdogan

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) together with the Journalists Union of Turkey (Türkiye Gazeteciler Sendikasi –...

Turkey: Journalist Organizations Launch Campaign for Right to Information

İstanbul - BIA News Desk, 11 March 2016 Journalist organizations have launched a campaign to call for releasing the journalists in prison and declare demands...

Turkey: Constitutional Court Issues Reasoned Decision on Dündar, Gül

Istanbul, 10 March 2016 The Constitutional Court (AYM) has issued the reasoned version of its ruling of releasing Cumhuriyet daily’s Editor-in-Chief Can Dündar and its...

New calls for nominations for EU investigative journalism awards open in March

The 2016 calls for nominations within regional scheme of EU awards for investigative journalism in the Western Balkans and Turkey are being announced during...
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SEENPM: Alpac Capital takeover of Adria News Network must be closely scrutinised 

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Regional Editors’ Forum Held in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Who Governs What We See Online?

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