On November 10, 2020, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) published its ruling on ten former journalists and executives of Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper in response to their application on extended pretrial detention over daily’s critical coverage and articles. The Court found, unanimously, there has been a violation of Article 5 § 1 of the [...]
The International Press Institute (IPI) is proudly launching the new video reporting series “Journalism under the Shadow of the Pandemic: Turkey”. The project, a series of interviews with leading journalists and media experts, is led by IPI Turkey National Committee member İpek Yezdani. The interviews focus on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the [...]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has announced that it will publish its ruling on Tuesday, November 10 on the application of ten journalists and executives of Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper in response to their extended pretrial detention over articles and social media posts critical of the government. The ten applicants, who were placed in [...]
The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined an international call on Turkish authorities to release Ahmet Altan, a prominent journalist and writer who has been jailed since 2016 over alleged links with the movement led by exiled cleric Fethullah Gülen. Turkey has accused the Gülen movement of establishing a parallel state structure and holds it [...]
Turkish authorities should withdraw newly announced sanctions on social media companies for declining to comply with the terms of a draconian social media law passed this summer, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. The law obliges social media companies to appoint Turkey-based representatives as part of Turkey’s effort to strengthen state control over online [...]
Also available on: The eighth episode of IPI’s podcast series IPI Freedom Dialogues: Turkey is out now! In the eighth episode of IPI Freedom Dialogues: Turkey podcast, host Cansu Çamlıbel and her guest Barbara Trionfi, International Press Institute executive director, discussed the issue of impunity to mark [...]
On October 30, 2019, 45 media staff, from journalists to photographers to graphic designers, woke up to written notices from the management of Hürriyet, once Turkey’s most prominent daily newspaper, informing them of their dismissals. The move came after a year after Hürriyet was purchased by the pro-government conglomerate Demirören Group. The sale is part [...]
On October 26, 2020 at 18:00 pm (CET), prominent journalists, academics and experts from Turkey will come together for a panel event on media and disinformation organized by the Turkey-based think tank Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) and co-hosted by IPI Turkey National Committee. The event, "Media and Disinformation: Turkey Case", will be [...]
The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, called today on Turkish authorities to drop all charges before tomorrow’s hearing against six business journalists and columnists who are being prosecuted for reporting on the sudden drop in the country’s currency in summer 2018. The trial [...]
Turkey’s press freedom crisis is worsening amid growing state capture of media, the lack of independence of regulatory institutions, and a new social media law designed to clamp down on the remaining spaces for free comment, a coalition of 11 international press freedom, journalism and human rights groups warned following a four-day mission to the [...]