The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today expressed outrage following a Turkish court’s decision yesterday sentencing five journalists to life in prison. According to local media, a court in Istanbul handed the journalists – Füsun Erdoğan, Bayram Namaz, İbrahim Çiçek, Ziya Ulusoy and Arif Çelebi – […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today reiterated their call for Turkish authorities to identify and hold accountable police officers and others responsible for the brutal treatment of journalists covering demonstrations that gripped the country this year. “Numerous journalists reported that elements of the security forces […]

The Freedom for Journalists Platform (GOP), an umbrella group representing local and national free expression groups in Turkey, has released a formal declaration calling on the country’s government to take major steps to reverse a sharp decline in the state of press freedom and freedom of expression in recent years. Members of the GOP, which […]

The German National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI) yesterday spoke out against the conviction of numerous Turkish journalists in the alleged “Ergenekon” coup plot case. The committee’s chairman, former IPI Executive Board Chairman Prof. Dr. Carl-Eugen Eberle, said in a statement that the convictions raised the spectre of continued intimidation of journalists that […]