by Steven M Ellis (This article was first published in the British Journalism Review)
Amid increasing repression, international groups can play a vital role in fighting the state’s attack on media freedom.
Scene at the first "Cumhuriyet" trial in July 2017 (By Murat Başol)
International groups have expended a lot of energy in recent years to combat the deterioration of press freedom in Turkey, but it can be difficult to see progress. Turkey’s media were never completely free, but in recent years independent journalists had come under tremendous pressure from the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – even before the July 2016…
