The ongoing trial of journalists and executives with Turkey’s last major critical newspaper has received an abundance of international criticism and media coverage. This week, International Press Institute (IPI), together with other leading international free expression groups as well as international journalists and European Parliament members, travelled to Istanbul to observe the trial, in which 17 […]

Cumhuriyet columnist and IPI Executive Board Member Kadri Gürsel delivered a stirring defence of the rights of journalists on Monday as he stood in court to face sham charges of aiding terrorism. Gürsel, who faces up to 15 years in prison, is one of 17 prominent Cumhuriyet journalists and executives on trial this week in […]

Cumhuriyet Reporter Ahmet Şık delivered his defence statement on July 26, 2017, the third day of the trial of 17 journalists and executives from the paper. But rather than a traditional defence against the charge he faces, Şık, who has been held in Turkey’s Silivri Prison since the beginning of this year, delivered a blistering […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), together with other leading international free expression groups as well as international journalists, today continued observing the trial against journalists and staff of Turkey’s last major critical newspaper. Extremely important solidarity in Istanbul for #pressfreedom #cumhuriyet17 @EFJEUROPE @ECPMF https://t.co/6CnRTRxidn — Mogens B. Bjerregård (@mogensbb) July 25, 2017 This morning, international […]