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CATEGORY: Turkey
Assaults against journalists rise in Turkey
Since the beginning of this year, cases of assault against journalists, legal threats and lay offs worsened Turkey’s already precarious state of press freedom. Catherine Stupp reports
Index Awards 2014: Catching up with arts nominee Meltem Arikan
The Turkish playwright and author has finished the script of a new play, “Sheep Republic”, about oppression and how easily it is accepted
Recap report: Beating retreat- Digital freedom in Turkey, Russia and Azerbaijan
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International exhibition censored by Turkish Embassy in Madrid
Last year, censorship occurred in connection with Here Together Now, an exhibition held at Matadero Madrid, Spain. Pelin Basaran and Banu Karaca report on the Turkish embassy’s involvement
Turkey: Losing the freedom to mourn
Meltem Arikan shares her anger over the mine disaster that rocked Turkey — and the arrests that followed.
Press freedom in Turkey is challenged by opaque court rulings
Last Thursday, after nearly eight years of detention three journalists were among a group released from a prison near Istanbul. Catherine Stupp reports
Bad history and bad politics
Padraig Reidy on why we must combat taboos about discussing events of the past
Corruption and suppression: Adaptation based on a true story
Playwright and author Meltem Arikan guides you on an exploration of a corruption scandal enveloping a country, by imagining the UK as Turkey
Denmark: Kurdish broadcaster vows to appeal to ECHR
Kurdish broadcaster Roj TV has lost another battle in its long and controversial fight to stay on air, writes Georgia Hussey.