Are you eager to foster innovation and explore fresh narrative formats? Join us for a presentation from Selymar Colón, where she will unveil a plethora of pragmatic inquiries, creative formats, and approaches to enhance the art of storytelling. Delve into the intricacies of tailoring your narrative, aligning it seamlessly with the unique blend of your [...]
Organized by the International Press Institute (IPI) Turkey National Committee and co-hosted by Galatasaray University on its campus in Istanbul on November 24, 2023, IPI’s third annual Turkey Media Symposium entitled "AI and Media: Navigating the Revolution" will bring together a new generation of young journalists and journalism students from across Turkey with international and local experts as well as [...]
The increase in the use of social media on a global scale continues to change and transform our relationship with the news. While local, national, and international news organizations continue to operate into new social media platforms/tools gradually, journalists at the same time are building different news flows for their audiences through their own social [...]
This article is part of Turkey Dispatches, a special IPI series on press freedom and the realities of practicing journalism in today’s Turkey, written by those most directly affected: Turkey’s journalists and those who defend them. “Who is Turkey's foremost journalist?” Although we don't have a common answer to this question, [...]
As the Turkish Constitutional Court reviews the constitutionality of the "disinformation offence”, today on 8 November, the International Press Institute (IPI) and Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partner organisations reiterate their call for the annulment of Article 217/A of the Turkish Penal Code and related legal amendments passed in October 2022 that undermine international standards on the [...]
The undersigned media freedom, freedom of expression, human rights and journalists’ organizations strongly condemn the arrest of seasoned journalist Tolga Şardan in Ankara. On the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists (IDEI), the undersigned groups demand that instead of punishing journalists for informing the public, Turkey’s judiciary should hold [...]
Amid spiraling violence and attacks on the press, states must urgently uphold their commitments and obligations to protect the safety of journalists – including in conflict zones – and take concrete action to end impunity for these crimes, the International Press Institute (IPI) said to mark International Day to End Impunity on November 2, 2023. Over [...]
IPI monitored the first hearing of the case in which AFP photojournalist Bülent Kılıç, who was tortured and detained by the police while covering the Pride March in Istanbul on June 26, 2021, is facing charges of "resisting public officials to obstruct them from duty" and "publicly insulting a public official". The hearing was held [...]
This article is part of Turkey Dispatches, a special IPI series on press freedom and the realities of practicing journalism in today’s Turkey, written by those most directly affected: Turkey’s journalists and those who defend them. The moment I truly grasped the concept of democracy was during a training session where [...]
Columbia Global Centers | Istanbul and the International Press Institute (IPI) invite you to join our masterclass for freelance journalists from Turkey. Through this 4-week course the participants will learn the art of pitching their story ideas to international media outlets. The participants will meet leading journalists and editors, get feedback on their ideas and [...]