A poem by Meltem Arikan on the current state of Turkey: The piece of land surrounded by water on three sides is turning into a country where blood-sucking spirits conquer people’s bodies
Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout the Europe. Here are five recent reports that give us cause for concern.
The women around me are more alert to the Turkey’s situation than the men are. The comfortable male universe is full of denial.
My gut tells me that this time Turkey’s turmoil may turn out to be long-lasting and leave a more harmful imprint on the nation’s soul.
Author Ece Temelkuran brings Index up to date about the latest developments in Turkey.
14 leading press freedom groups urge officials to end abuses under state of emergency
Index on Censorship strongly condemns the recent wave of arrests and forced closures of media outlets in Turkey.
The undersigned organisations call on Turkey’s national assembly to end the recently extended state of emergency, and take immediate steps to repair the damage to freedom of expression
We, the undersigned organisations, recognise that the Turkish government has the right and responsibility to investigate the violent events of the July 2016 coup attempt and to bring all those responsible to justice.
Asena Günal, the program coordinator of Depo which is a center for arts and culture at Tophane, Istanbul, looks at how Turkey’s art community has come under increasing pressure in the past year