The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today expressed alarm over a Turkish court’s convictions of journalists in connection with the alleged “Ergenekon” coup plot. A special court set up at the Silivri Prison west of Istanbul yesterday convicted all but 21 of the 275 defendants implicated […]

Turkish free expression groups, gathering in Istanbul Wednesday on the 105th anniversary of the country’s official abolition of censorship, took the Justice and Development Party (AKP)-led government to task for a continuing decline in press freedom. The second Congress of the Freedom for Journalists Platform (GOP) – an umbrella group representing local and national free […]

International Press Institute (IPI) Senior Press Freedom Adviser Steven M. Ellis and South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) Secretary General Oliver Vujovic travelled to Istanbul this week to speak before the second Congress of the Freedom for Journalists Platform (Gazetecilere Özgürlük Platformu – GÖP), an umbrella group representing press freedom and free expression groups across […]

At least 13 journalists suffered injuries and two were detained on Saturday in Istanbul as police again used tear gas and water cannons to clear demonstrators from Taksim Square. News reports from Turkey indicated that the journalists were allegedly beaten by police officers or wounded by rubber bullets, tear gas canisters and pepper spray. The […]