July 2, 2025

The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the recent 10-day broadcast ban on Halk TV and the escalating threats, fines, and censorship measures targeting critical media outlets in Turkey.  IPI urges Turkey’s broadcast regulator to immediately reverse these decisions, which pose a grave threat to media pluralism and independent journalism,

Journalists Dicle Baştürk, Yavuz Akengin, Eylem Emel Yılmaz, and Sendika.Org contributor Ozan Cırık, who were detained during house raids in Istanbul on 13 June, were put under arrest pending trial by the on-duty court on the night of 16 June on charges of “membership of a terrorist organization.” Moreover, as