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MEPs call on Turkey to end the public advertising ban on Evrensel
In a letter addressed to Rıdvan Duran, the general director of the Public Advertising Agency (BİK), the authority in Turkey responsible for the distribution of state advertising, ten members of the European Parliament called for the immediate end to the public advertising ban that has been imposed on the independent newspaper Evrensel since September 2019. […]
Read MoreTurkey must release six journalists held for reporting on Libya casualty
The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today demanded the immediate release in Turkey of six journalists arrested following their reporting of the funeral of a Turkish national intelligence (MIT) agent who died in Libya in February. The journalists are accused of revealing the […]
Read MoreThe lawyer defending Turkish journalists at Europe’s top rights court
The job of defending persecuted journalists in Turkey is a tough one. Over the last few years, hundreds of journalists have been detained and imprisoned as part of a widespread crackdown by the government on critical voices. Captured courts and pro-government judges mean the Turkish judicial system often offers little hope of a fair hearing. […]
Read MoreTurkey: Global call to lift public ad ban on independent newspaper Evrensel
In a letter addressed to Ridvan Duran, the general director of BIK, the authority in Turkey responsible for the distribution of state advertising, 24 press freedom and freedom of expression groups from Europe and Turkey today called for the immediate end to the public advertising ban that has been imposed on the independent newspaper Evrensel […]
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