The International Press Institute (IPI) joins today 23 other international press freedom and freedom of expression groups to call on Turkish authorities to release all journalists and those who were arbitrarily detained as part of the new bill to release prisoners on parole amid COVID-19 pandemic. See the joint statement below. In the early hours […]

By RUŞEN ÇAKIR / IPI Member and Medyascope editor Ruşen Çakır on journalism and press freedom amid COVID-19

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today demanded that imprisoned journalists not be excluded from the Turkish government’s plan to release thousands of prisoners as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 24, the ruling coalition AKP and MHP submitted […]

Of all the serious violations against media freedom in Turkey over the last few years, one case stands out in particular: the Cumhriyet trial. In late 2016, more than a dozen different journalists and executives at the leading secular newspaper were charged with various terrorism offences. The case generated global outrage over the crackdown on […]