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Pre-trial detention extended for Cumhuriyet journalists despite demonstrations

Brussels, 13 September 2017- The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) condemn the court’s decision to maintain the six Cumhuriyet journalists and media workers in...

Bak.ma: the images of Turkey in protest

Using digital space to document and break the climate of growing censorship and repression in Turkey. This is the goal of the activists of...

The Other Threat Against Journalists in Turkey: Criminalization of Social Media Use and Online Harassment

The dismal state of press freedom in Turkey is now incontrovertible. Report after report has documented the growing numbers of imprisoned journalists, shuttered newspapers,...

25 journalists honoured with the 2017 EU Investigative Journalism Awards in Western Balkans and Turkey

The 2017 regional scheme of EU awards for investigative journalism in Western Balkans and Turkey rewarding the best investigative stories published in 2016 is...

Turkey: Winners of EU Award for Investigative Journalism announced

The European Union Investigative Awards for stories published in 2016, organized in Turkey by the Platform for Independent Journalism (P24), were presented to the...

Peace Journalism Handbook Now Online

Peace Journalism Handbook written by Prof. Dr. Sevda Alankuş and published by IPS Communication Foundation Publishing is now online in English on bianet. The introduction...

Can Dündar: Erdoğan’s lacerated Turkey

Interview with Turkish journalist Can Dündar: fears and hopes for Turkey after Erdoğan's victory in the constitutional referendum; Dündar's new media project.  by Fazıla Mat Prato After...

Media Pluralism at risk in Europe: CMPF Research Findings

The Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) has released the 2016 edition of the Media Pluralism Monitor, one of the principal measures...

Public Opinion Research: Benchmarking Demand – Turkey’s Contested Internet

The role of the Internet as a fundamental tool for communication and empowerment is one that should not be inhibited as the limitless nature of the...

Report: Turkey’s Internet Policy after the Coup Attempt – The Emergence of a Distributed Network of Online Suppression and Surveillance

Bilge Yesil, Efe Kerem Sozeri In the early 1990s, the internet in Turkey was in the purview of academic and research institutions and had not...

IPI launches FreeTurkeyJournalists website

Platform intended to show imprisoned media employees ‘not just a number’. The International Press Institute (IPI) unveiled a new website to serve as a resource...

CoE Memorandum on media freedom calls Turkey to lift the state of emergency

“There is an urgent need to restore freedom of expression and media freedom in Turkey. The closure of more than 150 media organisations since...
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