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Key MEPs join IPI letter to Erdoğan over journalist lists

Türkçesi için tıklayınız The International Press Institute (IPI) and key members of the European Parliament’s cross-party Turkey Forum have signed a letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urging him to ensure journalist safety following the publication of two separate lists targeting individual journalists. On June 26, Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the nationalist MHP party, […]

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Assault on press to outlive Turkey’s state of emergency

The state of emergency in Turkey, which has been extended seven times, is scheduled to be lifted on July 18, 2018, almost two years to the day after its initial implementation following an attempted coup that Turkey’s government has blamed on the exiled cleric Fetullah Gülen. While the move would appear to be a positive […]

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Zaman trial ends with five acquittals and six heavy sentences

Six journalists with Turkey’s Zaman newspaper today were given jail sentences of up to 10 years on terror-related charges following a ten-month trial. An additional five defendants in the case were acquitted. The defendants faced a variety of charges based on articles published in Zaman prior to July 2016, including membership of a terrorist organization, attempting […]

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IPI World Congress – Resolution on Turkey

The members of the International Press Institute (IPI), meeting at their 67th annual General Assembly during the IPI World Congress on June 23, 2018 in Abuja, Nigeria, adopted by unanimous vote a resolution calling on the next Turkish government to free imprisoned journalists, to allow the full exercise of press freedom and to restore judicial […]

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