September 4, 2025 – IPI Turkiye Website

Türkiye Press Freedom Factsheet – August 2025

IPI and MFRR partners condemn Turkey’s broadcast regulator’s decision to silence TELE1

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in strongly condemning the five-day broadcast blackout imposed on TELE1 since September 1, and the escalating use of censorship sanctions by RTÜK, Turkey’s broadcast regulator, against independent critical media outlets. We urge authorities to stop targeting critical and opposing views […]

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The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) is a Europe-wide mechanism which tracks, monitors and responds to violations of press and media freedom in EU Member States and candidate countries, funded by the European Commission. As an MFRR partner, IPI produces statements on Turkey and conducts press freedom missions in the country.

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