Journalist Murat Aksoy has been detained in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown. His wife Ĺžehriban tells how the arrests have taken a toll on her family.
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Mapping Media Freedom: Russian newspaper editor shot and killed
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout Europe
Turkey: UN should address continuous deterioration of free expression and other human rights
Following the coup attempt on 15 July 2016, the Turkish authorities have pursued an unprecedented crackdown against perceived critics and opponents
Turkey: After nine months in detention, Altans face court on 19 June
Nine months. That’s how long brothers Ahmet and Mehmet Altan have been in pre-trail detention in Turkey. Prosecutors are demanding multiple life sentences for the brothers, who will face their first day in court on 19 June.
#FreeTurkeyMedia: “Solidarity is the most important thing we can give them”
On World Press Freedom Day protesters gathered outside the Turkish Embassy in London to highlight the arrest and imprisonment of journalists in Turkey
The story of a strange (un)release from prison
Dr. Sunay Usluer, the wife of a journalist imprisoned in Turkey, shares her account of the anxious hours waiting for the release that never came.
Turkey’s journalists have no time for fear
Cumhuriyet journalist Canan CoĹźkun, facing two upcoming trials for her reporting, talks about her attitude to the dangers of life as a reporter.
Can DĂĽndar: The beginning of the end for Erdogan
All the data points to this last referendum being the beginning of the end for Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip ErdoÄźan.
#FreeTurkeyMedia: Vigil for Turkey’s imprisoned journalists
Join Index on Censorship and others for a vigil outside the Turkish Embassy in London to protest the detention of journalists and writers in Turkey.
Yavuz Baydar: Turkey’s crippled and tarnished journalism found space to breathe
With the hollowing out of the Turkish media landscape in recent years, honest coverage on the night of the historic referendum was rare
Turkey’s post-referendum freedom of expression
A guest panel shared their thoughts on President Erdogan, polarisation and free speech following the referendum result in 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