On June 7 to 8, 2018, ARTICLE 19, the International Press Institute (IPI) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) observed the fifth hearing in the case against 11 journalists and columnists writing for Zaman newspaper at the Serious Crimes Court in Istanbul. The journalists face various coup or terror-related charges, with five facing aggravated life sentences. […]

By TUĞBA TEKEREK / In exclusive interviews, journalists share the realities of working for Turkey’s many government-influenced media

In late April 2018, journalists and staff members at Cumhuriyet, Turkey’s oldest newspaper, were forced to watch as 17 of their colleagues were tried and convicted on anti-terror charges at Silivri detention facility. One of those observers was Cumhuriyet journalist Mine Söğüt, who writes for the paper’s political section. The International Press Institute (IPI) met […]

May 28, 2018 Numan Kurtulmuş Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey İsmet İnönü Bulvarı No:32 06100 Emek Ankara, Turkey Abdulhamit Gül Minister of Justice Kızılay Mahallesi, Milli Müdafa Cd., 06420 Çankaya/Ankara, Turkey Cc: Turkish National Commission for UNESCO Dear Prof. Dr. Numan Kurtulmuş and Minister Abdulhamit Gül, We, the undersigned cultural […]