A guest panel shared their thoughts on President Erdogan, polarisation and free speech following the referendum result in Turkey
Turkey’s post-referendum freedom of expression
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CATEGORY: Turkey
Ramazan Ölçen: Kurdish journalist detained for working at Apê Musa’s newspaper
“Of course my family are worried,” says Ramazan Ölçen, who was detained for owning the copyrights to what was Turkey’s only Kurdish-language daily newspaper
Silencing the Kurds: Shuttered media and cultural institutions
Turkey’s Kurdish media and cultural institutions have been closed as the peace process with the country’s Kurds has disintegrated.
Turkey: Freedom of the arts, archives and erasure
Erdogan’s crackdown on freedom of expression follows a familiar pattern.
Turkey, free speech and the referendum
Join us for a discussion to analyse the result of the referendum on Turkey’s domestic and foreign policies and freedom of expression in particular.
Turkey: Court bans pro-Kurdish HDP’s referendum song
Bejin Na/Say No was recently banned in the Şırnak province for inciting “inciting the public hate” and unrest
#IndexAwards2017: Turkey Blocks strives to win back the internet
Established in 2015, Turkey Blocks is an independent digital research organisation that monitors internet access restrictions in Turkey
Turkey’s silenced: Journalist Nur Ener arrested after a tip-off
Nur Ener is one of over 150 journalists in prison in Turkey. She was arrested for using an obscure app after publishing critical interview.
Meltem Arikan: The difference between Wales and Turkey
While touring Wales recently with my new play Enough Is Enough, I thought about what I experienced with my earlier work in Turkey. But which Turkey?
Amberin Zaman: Turkey has entered uncharted waters
Many cast Turkey’s April 16 referendum as a final chance to reverse the slide towards authoritarianism. But the odds are heavily stacked against the opposition.