The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has written to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron requesting the two leaders to take a firm stance against the imprisonment, intimidation and harassment of journalists in Turkey. In letters sent to the Chancellor […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists for press freedom, today condemned the arrests of several journalists during police raids in Istanbul and Diyarbakir, Turkey, in the early hours of October 9. According to information gathered by IPI, at least six journalists were detained: Abdurrahman Gök, Kibriye Evren […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called for the immediate release of Turkey journalist Metin Duran, who is being held at Sincan prison in Ankara despite having suffered a crippling heart attack and stroke. IPI also urged Turkey’s Constitutional Court to evaluate a pending appeal on Duran’s case without delay. Duran, a newspaper and radio […]