Statements
Turkey: Media freedom and human rights groups urge authorities to release and drop charges against journalist Alican Uludağ
The undersigned media freedom and human rights organisations strongly condemn the arrest of Deutsche Welle (DW) correspondent Alican Uludağ and call on the Turkish authorities to drop all charges against him and cease the judicial harassment of journalists reporting on matters of public interest. On the evening of February 19,
February 20, 2026