Turkey

International coalition starts Turkey press freedom mission

06/10/2020

Representatives of 11 organisations, led by the International Press Institute, will meet key stakeholders in Istanbul and Ankara from 6 to 9 October

IPI's "Digital Censorship: Turkey’s New Social Media Law and Its Implications for Free Media" (Aug 31, 2020)

30/08/2020

The IPI Turkish National Committee hosted the English-language webinar “Digital Censorship: Turkey’s New Social Media Law and Its Implications for Free Media” following the passage of Turkey’s controversial new social media regulations in July which dramatically expands government control over free expression on social media and online platforms

MFRR condemns the escalating judicial harassment of Can Dündar by Turkey

22/09/2020

The journalist Can Dündar, who lives in exile in Germany, is the victim of a judicial harassment that has to be stopped. The latest threat concerns all his properties if he doesn't go back to Turkey

ECPMF calls on Turkey drop the charges against journalist Oktay Candemir

12/09/2020

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, as part of Media Freedom Rapid Response calls on the Turkish authorities to immediately and unconditionally drop the charges against freelance journalist Oktay Candemir and to return his confiscated property in full and without delay

MAPPING MEDIA FREEDOM: a Four-Month Snapshot

Overview and data analysis of the monitoring activity of the Media Freedom Rapid Response from March to June 2020

Turkey: Alarming plans to further crackdown on social media

06/07/2020

Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners are alarmed by the Turkish President’s threats to further restrict or shut down social media. We call on Turkey to comply with its international obligations and refrain from measures that will further prevent and disrupt exercising the right to freedom of expression and information online

IPI Freedom Dialogues: Turkey

A platform for timely, vital conversations on press freedom, freedom of expression and the future of quality journalism

Turkey must end the harassment of journalist Can Dündar and lift the block of his online radio

22/06/2020

We join PEN International and other 37 civil society organisations in deploring the decision to block Özgürüz, the online radio station headed by Can Dündar, a Turkish journalist living in exile in Germany, whom OBCT interviewed during a festival in Italy. Here the text of the call

Turkey: the Public Advertising Agency and bans implemented on newspapers

15/06/2020

20 international and local press freedom organisations and signatories are writing to the Public Advertising Agency (BIK) in Turkey in order to repeat the concerns about BIK’s criteria regarding the distribution of public advertisement and bans implemented on newspapers

Online harassment of journalists: the trolls attack

This report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deals with online mass harassment of journalists by trolls