TURKEY

Project Exile: Turkish journalist lost home and family"One thing is broken: my heart."...11 Jun 2019 GLOBAL JOURNALIST

Mehmet Ugur: We will eventually see an erosion of the authoritarian, nationalist and fascist elements in Turkey"Where will it lead? I can’t tell. Changing and rebuilding the institutions will be a ma...05 Jun 2019 ACADEMIC FREEDOM

Turkey: Press freedom violations May 201931 May 2019 MEDIA FREEDOM

Solidarity with Academics for Peace imprisoned in TurkeyWe declare our solidarity with Academics for Peace, and with all progressives under threat...17 May 2019 ACADEMIC FREEDOM

World Press Freedom Day should bring freedom for Musa Kart and his Cumhuriyet colleaguesIndex on Censorship joins Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) to report that t...03 May 2019 STATEMENT

Podcast: Freedom of Expression Awards 2019 Winners' RoundtableA special edition of the Index on Censorship podcast celebrating the winners of the Freedo...15 Apr 2019 PODCAST

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

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Solidarity with Academics for Peace imprisoned in Turkey
17 May 2019ACADEMIC FREEDOM

World Press Freedom Day should bring freedom for Musa Kart and his Cumhuriyet colleagues
03 May 2019STATEMENT

Farcical indictment shows how far Turkey has fallen
21 Feb 2019STATEMENT

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