TURKEY

Journalists battle for truth after Turkish earthquakesSince February’s earthquakes, free speech NGO the Media and Law Studies Association has ...17 Mar 2023 NEWS

The silence after the earthquake in northwestern Syria is deafeningBahar al-Assad is using the natural disaster that has killed thousands to launder his repu...17 Feb 2023 NEWS

Turkey's devastating earthquake is no excuse to grab rightsErdogan's state of emergency must not last longer than is absolutely necessary to deliver ...10 Feb 2023 RUTH'S BLOG

The shock waves from Turkey’s Twitter restrictionCriticism of the Turkish government in the wake of this week's deadly earthquakes led to t...09 Feb 2023 NEWS

Iran protests: “Mahsa” Amini does not existThe name of the woman murdered by Iran’s “morality police” was Jina Amini but Kurds ...08 Feb 2023 NEWS

Contents - Crown confidential: How Britain's royals censor their records22 Dec 2022 MAGAZINE

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