The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned a number of attacks on local journalists and local journalist associations in Antalya, Nevşehir and Bursa, Turkey. On August 19, Şaban Önen, the publisher of Karacabey Yörem newspaper, was attacked by two business owners – […]

The IPI Turkish National Committee will be hosting the English-language webinar “Digital Censorship: Turkey’s New Social Media Law and Its Implications for Free Media” following the passage of Turkey’s controversial new social media regulations in July. On Monday, August 31, journalists and of the IPI National Committee and members Banu Güven and Emre Kızılkaya will […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, urged Turkish courts not to abuse the social media law passed in late July to force news outlets to remove news content. Courts have recently applied legal clauses around the “right to be forgotten” and “personal rights […]

Also available on: The fourth episode of IPI’s podcast series IPI Freedom Dialogues: Turkey is out now! In this episode of IPI Freedom Dialogues: Turkey, host Cansu Çamlıbel and her guest Ceren Sözeri, an associate professor in the communications department at Galatasaray University and a columnist for the newspaper Evrensel, discuss media language around the […]