TURKEY

Film awards season: Journalism and activism in the spotlightMovies on social justice and investigative journalism dominate the nominations for major a...08 Mar 2021 NEWS

Under cover of Covid, too many people have stopped paying attentionAuthoritarian leaders are restricting freedom of expression while we battle the pandemic...29 Jan 2021 RUTH'S BLOG

The desperate situation for six people who are #JailedNotForgottenWe revisit the six activists and journalists currently in jail and call for your messages ...15 Jan 2021 NEWS

Let them know they are not forgottenJoin us in sending messages of support to six human rights activists and journalists aroun...01 Dec 2020 NEWS

The bloody consequences of Turkey's clashes with the KurdsIn September, two men were abducted, beaten and thrown from a helicopter. One died, the ot...18 Nov 2020 NEWS

Turkish writers need to "hold people in power" to accountTurkish author and journalist Kaya Genç answers questions from the Index youth advisory b...02 Apr 2020 NEWS

Turkey Uncensored

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

Cases against Academics for Peace have become emblematic of the attacks on freedom of expression in TurkeyOn 26 July 2019, Turkey’s highest court brought new hope to Turkish academics when it ru...28 Aug 2019 ACADEMIC FREEDOM

Stories of Justice: If you are the 'other' in Turkey, you should know that you carry death in your pocketJournalist Nedim Turfent shares his thoughts in justice in Turkey: As one of the “others...03 Jul 2019 TURKEY UNCENSORED

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

Statements
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Free speech and human rights organisations call for Turkish novelist Ahmet Altan, Nazlı Ilıcak and other journalists to be released
04 Nov 2019

STATEMENT

Turkey urged to halt its assault on media freedom and civil society
18 Sep 2019

STATEMENT

UN should address Turkey's crackdown against journalists
03 Sep 2019

LETTER

Reports
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Turkey: Art in troubled times
10 Oct 2016

REPORT

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

REPORT

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

REPORT