Turkey Archives - Index on Censorship

Can Dündar: The Turkish journalist who met his killer

by Sally Gimson | 24 Dec 2025

An interview with the exiled former editor of Cumhuriyet who was contacted by the hitman who was supposed to silence him forever

Choose from our shortlist of 10 authoritarian leaders and vote on who you think has done most to crack down on freedom of expression this year

The awards celebrate those who have had significant impact fighting censorship anywhere in the world

by Connor O'Brien | 12 Sep 2025

Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days

Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days

Turkish satirical magazine LeMan faces mobs and arrests over a cartoon

Index and other organisations sound alarm over threat of extradition facing the Kurdish writer, journalist and poet

by Ege Dündar | 12 May 2025

Mass youth protests have mobilised a fragmented society into action and enlivened the political opposition

by Kaya Genç | 8 May 2025

With 90% of the country’s media now controlled by the state, it is becoming harder and harder to report independently

by Georgia Beeston | 2 May 2025

With the annual celebration taking place on 3 May 2025, six journalists from around the globe tell Index what press freedom means to them