TURKEY

Elif Akgül on the Turkish “virtual patrol squads” going after Kurdish social media usersAlready known as the biggest prison for journalists, Turkey is increasingly jailing social...24 Jan 2019 TURKEY UNCENSORED

Project Exile: Turkey's Dündar free in exile, still threatenedCan Dündar isn't easily silenced. The outspoken Turkish columnist and editor has been fir...14 Jan 2019 GLOBAL JOURNALIST

Turkey "turned into a place where it became impossible to breathe"“It turned into a place where it became impossible to breathe,” says feminist visual a...07 Jan 2019 ARTISTIC FREEDOM

In Turkey, dismissed academics nurture knowledge off campusProfessors in Mersin and Eskişehir have responded to their dismissals by creating their o...14 Dec 2018 TURKEY UNCENSORED

NetBlocks tool tracks cost of internet shutdowns“Internet shutdowns are increasingly used by governments to control the flow of informat...10 Dec 2018 DIGITAL FREEDOM

Turkey: Whitewashing the police, one sentence at a timeReporter Seda Taşkın, who works for the pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya News Agency, was sentenc...14 Nov 2018 TURKEY UNCENSORED

Turkey Uncensored

Turkey Uncensored is an Index on Censorship project to publish a series of articles from censored Turkish writers, artists and translators.

Elif Akgül on the Turkish “virtual patrol squads” going after Kurdish social media usersAlready known as the biggest prison for journalists, Turkey is increasingly jailing social...24 Jan 2019 TURKEY UNCENSORED

Project Exile: Turkey's Dündar free in exile, still threatenedCan Dündar isn't easily silenced. The outspoken Turkish columnist and editor has been fir...14 Jan 2019 GLOBAL JOURNALIST

In Turkey, dismissed academics nurture knowledge off campusProfessors in Mersin and Eskişehir have responded to their dismissals by creating their o...14 Dec 2018 TURKEY UNCENSORED

Turkey: Whitewashing the police, one sentence at a timeReporter Seda Taşkın, who works for the pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya News Agency, was sentenc...14 Nov 2018 TURKEY UNCENSORED

Cumhuriyet: A press freedom case degenerates into a boardroom takeoverCumhuriyet’s administration abruptly changed after a court ruling early September. Aroun...12 Oct 2018 MEDIA FREEDOM

Turkey's thought-provoking playwrights, actors and directors have little choice but to become exilesFor Turkish director and actor Memet Ali Alabora, theatre is about creating an environment...11 Sep 2018 ARTISTIC FREEDOM

Statements
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A permanent state of emergency by any name is no substitute for respecting human rights
28 Aug 2018STATEMENT

An open letter for the attention of the future President of the Republic of Turkey
20 Jun 2018LETTER

Guilty verdicts against the Cumhuriyet journalists and executives must be overturned
26 Apr 2018STATEMENT

Reports
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Turkey: Art in troubled times
10 Oct 2016REPORT

International organisations condemn crackdown on freedom of expression in Turkey
06 Sep 2016REPORT

Turkey's film festivals face a narrowing space for expression
30 Jun 2016REPORT