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Cumhuriyet journalists: Imprisoned for changing editorial policy
Cumhuriyet journalists and executives face trial beginning Monday 24 July for abetting the failed 15 July 2016 coup against the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Protesters at Turkish Embassy call for release of Idil Eser
Index on Censorship took part in a rally on 12 July at the Turkish Embassy in London to call for the release of the director of Amnesty International Turkey
Index condemns arrest of Amnesty International Turkey director
Index condemns the arrest of Idil Eser, director of Amnesty International Turkey, and demands her immediate and unconditional release
Mapping Media Freedom: Turkey continues to use judicial harassment as a means to silence journalists
Throughout June, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project has recorded a number of violations in Turkey, which is now the biggest jailer of journalists in the world.
#WeAreArrested: Turkish journalist Can Dündar’s book performed live in UK
The Royal Shakespeare Company performed an abridged version of Turkish journalist’s book We Are Arrested
Türkiye: İnsan hakları örgütleri, darbeye katılmakla suçlanan gazetecilerin davasını takip edecek
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]19 Haziran'da aralarında gazetecilerin de olduğu 17 sanığın yargılandığı davanın ilk duruşması görülecek. Sanıklar arasında önde gelen yazar ve siyasi yorumculardan Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan ve Nazlı Ilıcak da...
Support Turkey’s dismissed academics
In the wake of the July 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, the government dismissed over 8,000 academics from state institutions following Emergency Decree 675.
Turkey: Academics facing terror charges reach 90 days on hunger strike
Nuriye Gulmen, a professor of literature, and Semih Ozakca, a primary school teacher, were both fired following the issuing of emergency decree 675 by Erdogan’s government
Ece Temelkuran: No haven for critical thought in Turkey
Turkish author Ece Temelkuran is growing increasingly anxious about life under President Erdogan, she told Index on Censorship.