Turkish authorities should withdraw newly announced sanctions on social media companies for declining to comply with the terms of a draconian social media law passed this summer, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. The law obliges social media companies to appoint Turkey-based representatives as part of Turkey’s effort to strengthen state control over online […]

Also available on: The eighth episode of IPI’s podcast series IPI Freedom Dialogues: Turkey is out now! In the eighth episode of IPI Freedom Dialogues: Turkey podcast, host Cansu Çamlıbel and her guest Barbara Trionfi, International Press Institute executive director, discussed the issue of impunity to mark November 2, International Day to End Impunity for […]

On October 30, 2019, 45 media staff, from journalists to photographers to graphic designers, woke up to written notices from the management of Hürriyet, once Turkey’s most prominent daily newspaper, informing them of their dismissals.  The move came after a year after Hürriyet was purchased by the pro-government conglomerate Demirören Group. The sale is part […]

On October 26, 2020 at 18:00 pm (CET), prominent journalists, academics and experts from Turkey will come together for a panel event on media and disinformation organized by the Turkey-based think tank Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) and co-hosted by IPI Turkey National Committee. The event, “Media and Disinformation: Turkey Case”, will be […]