The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today urged a commission responsible for writing a new Constitution for Turkey to reject proposed amendments that would severely weaken current language protecting media freedom. Bianet reported that Turkey’s Constitutional Reconciliation Commission is set to vote Wednesday on a proposal […]

An Istanbul prosecutor has brought defamation charges against Turkish journalist Ahmet Şık based on a public statement the journalist made upon his release from Silivri Prison on March 12. Dogan News Agency reported yesterday that the prosecutor is seeking a three to seven-year prison sentence on the grounds that Şık “insulted public officials” when he told a […]

Turkish security forces on June 26 conducted a raid at the offices of the Istanbul-based Güneş News Agency as part of a large-scale operation against the underground Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (MLKP), according to news sources.  Police units carried out the search at the news agency, which oversees the technical affairs of Etkin News Agency and weekly […]

Meeting at their annual general assembly on June 25, the members of the International Press Institute (IPI) unanimously passed six resolutions calling on international organisations to rigorously address the issue of journalists’ safety; on the Mexican Federal Government to end impunity for the killers of journalists; on the Ethiopian Government to stop using anti-terror laws […]