In an unprecedented move, Turkey’s judiciary has been reshuffled in a way that has shaken the basis of the justice system.
Yavuz Baydar: “Judicial coup” sends clear warning to Turkey’s remaining independent journalists
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CATEGORY: Turkey
Mapping Media Freedom: Two years of uncovering attacks on Europe’s press
Mapping Media Freedom launched to the public on 24 May 2014. Two years on, the platform has verified over 1,800 media violations
Mapping Media Freedom: Week in focus
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout the European
Truth and the public interest are forbidden in Turkey
Index on Censorship condemns the clearly political sentencing of Can Dündar and Erdem Gül
Belit Sağ: Refusing to accept Turkey’s silencing of artistic expression
In an open letter, artist E. Belit Sağ describes the censorship she faced as part of a show at Akbank Sanat.
April was busiest month on record for Mapping Media Freedom
April 2016 was the busiest month for Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom since the project began in May 2014
15 June: Illiberal democracy: the future of freedom
Europe was a bastion of hope for more than a million refugees last year. What brought them? A hunger for safety and security? Dreams of freedom?
Yavuz Baydar: Imminent collapse of journalism in Turkey
With conditions worsening on a daily basis, Turkey now risks total blackout on public debate. Punitive measures and harsh restrictions have diminished the domain for free and independent media
“No one – and especially heads of state – has a right not to be offended”
Index deplores the decision by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to authorise the prosecution of a German comedian for offending the President of Turkey.
#IndexAwards2016: Ferit Tunç uses inventive methods to challenge censorship in Turkey
Turkish journalist Ferit Tunç quit his advertising job in 2013 to found the newspaper Yön Gazetesi, covering the Kurdish Batman province of Turkey