A cartoonist for the daily Cumhuriyet shares his take on Turkey on the international stage.
Semih Poroy: Turkey’s place in the world
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Ece Temelkuran: What will become of Erdogan’s little clones when he’s gone?
A country’s leadership sets the tone, but can also penetrate the very fabric of the public’s existence igniting a metamorphosis that creates political clones
Turkey’s deteriorating freedom of expression and media freedom
Index on Censorship, PEN International, ARTICLE 19 and 65 organisations are deeply concerned by the continuous deterioration of freedom of expression and media freedom in Turkey
Jacob Mchangama: Denmark’s revived blasphemy ban
The decision by prosecutors in Viborg to charge a man with blasphemy for burning a Koran shocked Danes.
Azerbaijan: Crackdown on free expression accelerates with conviction of prominent blogger
International organisations call on the Azerbaijani authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Mehman Huseynov.
In the “safe” world of Swedish journalism, death threats are an everyday reality
A spectre that has haunted Swedish journalism for decades is anti-democratic extremism, a phenomenon given new impetus by the rise of mainstream nationalist politics
Montenegro: Investigative journalists’ lengthy legal proceedings
Independent journalist Jovo Martinovic’s arrest with 13 other individuals during a joint Croatian and Montenegrin police operation on 22 October 2015 began an ongoing ordeal
Azerbaijan: Journalists strive to cover the country from exile
For Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev and many other authoritarian leaders across the world, independent journalism and what it represents is bad news.
Mapping Media Freedom: Five incidents to watch
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout the European Union and neighbouring countries.
Azerbaijan: Political prisoners hostages to fossil fuel extraction
International investment in fossil fuel extraction is making me and other Azerbaijani political prisoners hostages to the Aliyev regime.