His Excellency Bülent Ecevit Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey Prime Minister’s Office Ankara Turkey Fax: + 90 312 417 57 43 Vienna, 5 June 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is deeply concerned over a draft media law that would require Internet websites […]

Mr. Zafer Mutlu, Chairman of the Board Mr. Dinç Bilgin, Publisher Mr. Tayfun Devecioglu, Editor-in-Chief SABAH Newspaper Istanbul Turkey By Fax: +90212-315 86 83 Vienna, 16 November 2000 Dear Sirs, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, wishes to express in an open letter its concern at the decision […]

His Excellency Bülent Ecevit Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey Prime Minister’s Office Ankara Turkey Vienna, 21 October 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the murder of Ahmet Taner Kislali, a prominent journalist and former Turkish minister of culture. Kislali, 60, died […]

His Excellency Bülent Ecevit Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey Prime Minister’s Office Ankara Turkey Vienna, 26 August 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, condemns the banning of a Turkish television channel, Kanal 6, because of it coverage of last week’s devastating earthquake. We […]