The letter below was sent by IPI Executive Board Member Kadri Gürsel to IPI members on the eve of the four-day final hearing in the trial of over a dozen journalists, including Gürsel, with Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper. The journalists are charged with terrorism-related offences for their critical coverage of Turkey’s government. Dear Fellow IPI Members, […]

A delegation from the International Press Institute (IPI), led by IPI Turkey Advocacy Coordinator Caroline Stockford, is in Turkey this week, April 24 to 27, to monitor the final hearing in the criminal trial of journalists and staff with Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper. We’ll be updating this page daily with key points from the proceedings. See additional background and […]

Türkçesi için tıklayınız Seven international and local press freedom groups, including the International Press Institute (IPI), have sent a letter of support to imprisoned Turkish-Kurdish journalist Nedim Türfent, who has been held in solitary confinement in Turkey’s Van Prison for nearly two years. Türfent was convicted in December 2017 on terrorism-related charges for reporting on the […]

By MELTEM AKYOL / Turkey journalist describes life in solitary confinement for the ‘crime’ of journalism