Turkey

Briefing: Media Freedom Violations in the EU under COVID-19

An overview of media freedom violations registered in several EU Member States and Candidate Countries since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the continent in late February 2020

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“It Won’t Always Be Like This": How to Prepare Turkey’s Journalists for a Freer Era

A study on future of quality journalism in Turkey, based on over 100 interviews, field trips, and workshops: this report proposes innovative solutions such as the opening of “Creative Cafes” and “Journalism Experience Centres”, the sponsoring of international internship programmes, and the mapping of trusted reporters

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Turkey's Journalists in the Dock. Judicial Silencing of the Fourth Estate. Joint International Press Freedom Mission to Turkey

The mission, consisting of representatives of International Press Institute (IPI), ARTICLE 19, European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), PEN International, Norwegian PEN, Reporters without Borders (RSF), and European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), reports that the press freedom environment in the country has not improved since the lifting of the state of emergency in July 2018

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Media Oligarchs go Shopping

RSF new report focuses on the impact of money’s "invisible prisons" on journalism, examining how oligarchs capture information across the world

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Captured news media: the case of Turkey

17/04/2016

Held at the International Journalism Festival 2016 in Perugia, this roundtable considers the current state of the media in Turkey

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Journalism and media privilege

An overview of the most recent rules, case law, and policies across Europe on the privileges given to journalists when exercising their functions

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State Sponsored Trolling

The report published by the Institute for the Future explores how governments are deploying disinformation as part of broader digital harassment campaigns

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Freedom of Expression Trials in Turkey (June-December 2018)

The Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) and International Press Institute (IPI) prepared this report to provide a larger set of data on the Turkish court system in relation to freedom of expression trials. The data that is provided also aims to show the ECtHR and other relevant bodies that Turkey’s judicial system is far from being effective, speedy, or efficient

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Freedom on the Net 2017: Turkey Country Report

Although Internet freedom in Turkey has been gradually decreasing over the last years, it went through a sharp decline in 2017

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Digital News Report 2018 - Turkey Supplementary Report

This study is based on the analysis of data collected as part of the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2018. Based on the responses given by 2019 people from urban contexts of different parts of the country, it provides an overview of the media landscape in Turkey in 2018

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