Turkey

Mapping Media Freedom Q3 2016

Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project has recorded an unprecedented series of crackdowns on media professionals and news outlets during the third quarter of 2016

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Freedom of Expression and Protection of Journalistic Sources

A new extensive report on the Protection of Journalistic Sources drafted by the International Legal Research Group and published by the Council of Europe and ELSA

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Turkey: State of emergency, state of arbitrary

Turkey: the abortive coup d’état and the state of emergency in effect since 20 July worsen the crack down against media. A report by Reporters Without Borders

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Challenges to the ECtHR from Russia and Turkey: Freedom of Expression on the Internet

The regulation of the online domain is gradually being tightened: an analysis of the most recent challenges to the ECtHR in Turkey and Russia

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Solidarity campaign with Turkish journalists: how to help

EFJ and IFJ launched a solidarity campaign with the Turkish journalists following the new attacks on press freedom and human rights in Turkey since the coup attempt on 15 July

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Islamic State's assault on the press

27/07/2016

This interactive map by the Commitee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) profiles the 27 journalists and media workers killed by the Islamic State. The map dispays two layers: one showing a timeline of the attacks on the press, the other is a narrative mode highlighting the profiles of the cases. Realised by Nadia Massih/CPJ Middle East Correspondent

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New Wikipedia page updated: Media freedom in Turkey

The Wikipedia article "Media freedom in Turkey" has been updated in July 2016 on the wake of the deteriorating media freedom situation following the coup attempt in Turkey

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Turkey: Journalism is Not a Crime!

Journalists campaign against the ever-increasing pressure on the press in Turkey with a new initiative named “I’am a Journalist”.

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Freedom of Expression and Information - 2014 ECHR and CJEU Case Law

A review of the European Court of Human Rights and European Court of Justice 2014 case-law on freedom of expression, media and journalistic freedoms

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