Statements
IPI and partner organisations condemn escalating use of “disinformation law” against journalists and call for its repeal
The undersigned press freedom, freedom of expression, journalists’ and human rights organisations strongly condemn the intensifying use of Article 217/A of the Turkish Penal Code — widely known as the “disinformation law” — to arrest, detain, and prosecute journalists, and call on the government to repeal the provision immediately and
April 28, 2026