Also available on: The seventh episode of IPI’s podcast series IPI Freedom Dialogues: Turkey is out now! In the seventh episode of IPI Freedom Dialogues: Turkey podcast, host Cansu Çamlıbel and her guest Agnès Callamard, United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, discussed the case of Saudi [...]
On September 17, 2020, IPI attended the first hearing in Turkey of Cumhuriyet journalists Canan Coşkun and Ali Açar and BirGün reporter Can Uğur, who face criminal charges over their reporting on the investigation opened over the death of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan, who died after being hit on the head by a tear gas canister [...]
The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, condemned the arrest on October 9 of four journalists from Turkey’s Mezopotamya News Agency (MA) and Jinnews after they reported that two Kurdish men were allegedly dropped from a Turkish military helicopter. On September 11, the two men, [...]
As the current holder of the EU presidency, Germany has a crucial role in guiding the bloc’s policy toward Turkey. What strategy should Germany and the EU pursue in defending fundamental rights amid Turkey’s ongoing press freedom crisis? That was the subject of a recent webinar hosted by the International Press Institute (IPI), together with [...]
A coalition of 11 international press freedom, freedom of expression and journalists‘ organisations are leading a joint press freedom mission to Turkey this week from 6 to 9 October amid the country’s continued press freedom crisis, which has further worsened under the coronavirus pandemic. Representatives of the 11 organisations, led by the Vienna-based International Press [...]
The International Press Institute (IPI), submitted a joint statement during the adoption of the UPR outcome of Turkey at the 45th Session of the Human Rights Council. The statement was delivered by independent journalist and IPI member Banu Güven on behalf of ARTICLE 19, European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, English PEN, Freemuse, IFEX, [...]
Also available on: The sixth episode of IPI’s podcast series IPI Freedom Dialogues: Turkey is out now! In the sixth episode of IPI Freedom Dialogues: Turkey podcast, host Cansu Çamlıbel and her guest Sergey Lagodinsky, member of the EU Parliament (Greens/EFA) and the chairman of the delegation [...]
IPI is hosting a webinar on September 30 as part of its series on press freedom in Turkey co-hosted by the IPI National committees in Germany and Turkey. Four years since the failed coup sparked Turkey’s crackdown on the media, 77 journalists remain behind bars. While this is down from a peak of 170, Turkey [...]
UPDATE: A court in Turkey has declared editor Can Dündar a "fugitive", paying the way for his assets and property to be seized. "IPI condemns this serious and appalling escalation of Turkey's harassment of Can Dündar, who is now in Germany, and his family", IPI Deputy Director Scott Griffen said. The International Press Institute (IPI) [...]
As part of this year’s World Congress, “Reimagining Journalism with 2020 Vision”, IPI is hosting a webinar on Turkey, how its journalists survive and defy government suppression and continue to produce independent, quality journalism as the Republic prepares to mark its first centenary in 2023. The country’s leading journalists joined by academic experts will explore [...]