Category : Turkey
The bloody consequences of Turkey’s clashes with the Kurds
In September, two men were abducted, beaten and thrown from a helicopter. One died, the other hospitalised. Journalists reporting the story have been targeted too Turkish writers need to “hold people in power” to account
Turkish author and journalist Kaya Genç answers questions from the Index youth advisory board about watching his colleagues being silenced and how writers can challenge authority Charge, attack, restrict: The main ways Turkey silenced journalists in 2019
The three most frequently used means of targeting journalists in Turkey in 2019, according to new analysis by our Monitoring and Advocating for Media Freedom project Monitoring and Advocating for Media Freedom: Policy recommendations for Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine
Governments and the EU must take a stronger stand for media freedom, a new Index report on media freedom in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine argues Turkey: Press freedom violations October 2019
There were 10 incidents in Turkey in October 2019 recorded by Index's monitoring project. This Week at Index: Calls for immediate release of re-arrested author
Restrictions on the media were once something seen as a problem for other countries but now these concerns are front and centre in the UK, Index CEO Jodie Ginsberg said this week Index calls the re-arrest of novelist Ahmet Altan “arbitrary and cruel”
Turkish authorities re-arrested the internationally known Turkish novelist Ahmet Altan just one week after his release from more than three years in detention. Index on Censorship and 24 other NGOs say that his re-arrest, on 12 November, was an extraordinarily low blow in a case that has been marked by political interference and arbitrariness from […] This Week at Index: Looking back at the day the Berlin Wall fell
Thirty years ago this month, the world changed: a border that divided a city for 28 years was brought down. Free speech and human rights organisations call for Turkish novelist Ahmet Altan, Nazlı Ilıcak and other journalists to be released
Ahead of the second hearing in the retrial of Turkish novelist Ahmet Altan, Nazlı Ilıcak and four other journalists and media workers, free speech organisations call for all detained defendants to be released and for the charges to be dropped Turkey: Press freedom violations September 2019
There were 9 incidents in Turkey in September 2019 recorded by Index's monitoring project. Turkey urged to halt its assault on media freedom and civil society
Thirteen international organisations have submitted a statement to UN Human Rights Council calling on Turkey to halt is crackdown on the media. Turkey: Press freedom violations August 2019
There were 18 incidents in Turkey in August 2019 recorded by Index's monitoring project. 
