The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed the release of another journalist from prison in Turkey and urged the country to free the rest of the nearly 100 journalists it currently holds behind bars, the vast majority of whom have been convicted of no crime. A court in Istanbul late yesterday afternoon ordered the release […]

A Turkish court has issued a one-month publication ban against pro-Kurdish weekly newspaper Demokratik Vatan for allegedly spreading terrorist propaganda, news website Bianet reported today. The court reportedly based its decision on an issue that included articles titled “Our martyrs are the proof of our war of liberation”, “Month of martyrs” and “The names of […]

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) today released a detailed study finding that the number of journalists imprisoned in Turkey nearly doubled over the past year, prompting the group to call for immediate reform of the country’s broadly interpreted anti-terror laws. The report – an update to a similar report released one […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed news that a court in Istanbul has reversed a one-month ban it handed down against Turkish daily newspaper Özgür Gündem for allegedly promoting a terrorist organization. The newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Eren Keskin, confirmed today’s reversal in conversation with a represenative of IPI’s Turkish National Committee. Ferai Tinç, a member […]