In Turkey, the government uses national security and terror legislation to censor journalists. Arrests, detentions and trials of media workers are frequent.
Human rights and freedom of expression organisations have condemned a judicial ruling made by a Turkish court in the second hearing of the Gezi Park trial.
Index on Censorship, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and 18 other human rights and freedom of expression organisations condemn a Turkish pro-government think-tank’s report that accuses leading international media of being biased against the government and singles out their correspondents for attack.
There were 30 incidents in Turkey in June 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.
Is there a glimmer of hope for Turkey’s journalists?
Journalist Nedim Turfent shares his thoughts in justice in Turkey: As one of the “others,” I ask for a “justice for others.” Do you have it, or should I wait for the afterlife?
In 2018, 17 alerts were submitted to the Council of Europe’s Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists relating to impunity for murders of journalists.
“One thing is broken: my heart.”
“Where will it lead? I can’t tell. Changing and rebuilding the institutions will be a massive task.”
There were 39 incidents in Turkey in May 2019 recorded by Index’s monitoring project.