Index deplores the decision by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to authorise the prosecution of a German comedian for offending the President of Turkey.
CATEGORY: Turkey Statements
Turkey should drop criminal charges against journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül
Leading international free expression and press freedom groups condemn politically motivated trial
Speak out on Turkey: As Index petition passes the 2,600 mark, crackdown on press freedom continues
Over a week and 2,611 signatures later, our work denouncing the Turkish authorities for the takeover Zaman
Writers and artists condemn seizure of Zaman news group
Artists and writers joined Index in condemning Turkish government’s seizure of Zaman newspaper
Index condemns seizure of Zaman
Index on Censorship condemns the seizure by Turkish courts of the newspaper Zaman, one of the country’s highest circulation newspapers.
Turkey silences independent broadcaster
Index on Censorship condemns Türksat’s decision to drop independent broadcaster IMC TV’s signal.
Turkey must allow supporters to meet with imprisoned journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül
Leading international free expression and press freedom groups condemn government’s refusal to allow supporters to visit pair jailed for their reporting, call for their release
President Erdogan: Free Cumhuriyet’s editors and all other detained journalists
Media freedom NGOs and unions, reject the blatant erosion of media freedom in Turkey.
Turkey: Index condemns killing of lawyer during press conference
Index on Censorship condemns the killing of Turkish human rights lawyer Tahir Elci, who was shot during a press conference on Saturday.
Coalition calls on Turkey to protect press freedom
Representatives of groups dedicated to press freedom and free expression find that pressure on journalists operating in Turkey has severely escalated in the period between parliamentary elections held June 7 and the upcoming elections.
Joint international emergency press freedom mission
Leading watchdogs to visit Istanbul, Ankara next week to visit Turkey ahead of election
Turkey releases two Vice News journalists, must free third
The release of Vice News journalists Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury, who are British, is welcome news. However, Mohammed Ismael Rasool, an Iraqi colleague who had been acting as a translator and fixer, remains in detention.