Since the attempted coup of July 16, 2016, civil society and the legal landscape in Turkey have been drastically altered by the issuing of hundreds of so-called “non-governmental decrees” under Turkey’s state of emergency, which ends today. The decrees have severely damaged press freedom in Turkey, ordering the closure of nearly 200 media organizations – […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]