The International Press Institute (IPI)’s Turkish National Committee today condemned a media blackout on news about a bomb attack on Saturday that killed 46 people in a town near Turkey’s border with Syria. Turkish daily newspaper Hurriyet reported that Turkey’s broadcasting regulator, the Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTÜK), limited media coverage of the […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today expressed concern at claims that political pressure led veteran Turkish columnist Hasan Cemal to resign this week. Cemal resigned from Milliyet after the daily newspaper declined to publish the first column he authored, a translation of which appears below, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today expressed concern at statements by Turkey’s prime minister condemning the publication of minutes allegedly taken in a meeting between lawmakers and the imprisoned leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to discuss peace negotiations with Turkey’s government. Prime […]

An estimated 76 journalists* are currently imprisoned in Turkey. They are victims of anti-terrorism legislation and of a criminal justice system that does not differentiate between terrorists and journalists who write about terrorism. As a result, fear among the media has spread and journalists practise self-censorship to avoid being thrown in jail — all of […]