Following his release from 495 days pretrial detention talks to IPI about his hopes for the future of Turkey, saying “yes, there is hope in Turkey.  There are so many people who are striving heart and soul to make this a democratic country… and I believe that everything can be achieved, from a democratic point […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined 9 other international media freedom organisations calling on Turkey to act upon the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights and free journalists Mehmet Altan and Şahin Alpay. March 22, 2018 –  Turkey should immediately implement the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and […]

Türkçe için tıklayınız. The European Court of Human Rights today ruled that the rights to liberty and security in the cases of journalist and academic Mehmet Altan and political scientist and journalist Şahin Alpay had been violated. The court also ordered the Turkish state to pay the applicants EUR 21,500 each in compensation. Today’s ruling […]

Türkçe için tıklayınız. International Press Institute (IPI) was disappointed today in the decision of continuing detention for defendant Akın Atalay. The trial against Turkish opposition daily Cumhuriyet was adjourned at the end of this 7th hearing to be heard again from 24 to 27 April, when verdicts are expected. In today’s proceedings Akın Atalay gave […]