The International Press Institute (IPI)’s Turkish National Committee today welcomed Turkey’s release of two journalists from prison pending trial, but the group heavily criticised ongoing proceedings against journalists the government accuses of supporting terrorism. A court in Istanbul yesterday ordered the release of Çağdaş Ulus from the daily Vatan newspaper and Cihan Ablay from Demokratik […]

The head of the International Press Institute (IPI)’s Turkish National Committee yesterday told those gathered outside an Istanbul courthouse where proceedings began against 44 journalists accused of supporting terrorism that “In this legal case, journalism is on trial”. Milliyet columnist Kadri Gürsel made the statement in remarks delivered on behalf of the National Committee, which […]

An Istanbul court accepted an indictment that reportedly charges Turkish journalist Ahmet Şık with being a member of a “terrorist organisation” and with threatening and defaming the judiciary, Reuters reported. The news agency said that Şık – who was released March 12 after more than one year in prison, but who still faces trial and […]

SILIVRI, Turkey, July 30, 2012 – YOU ARE MY PARTNER IN CRIME “Is there anybody out there?” Every now and then, in my prison cell, where there is a water shortage for 17 hours, the lights are on for 24 hours, and where I am being monitored by two different cameras at all times, I find […]