The International Press Institute (IPI) and 12 press freedom organisations and professional press associations stand with independent news portal T24 following an access block imposed by the Istanbul 1st Criminal Court of Peace, urging authorities to immediately reverse the decision. Media rights groups warn that the blocking of T24, one
The International Press Institute (IPI) condemns the escalating crackdown on journalists, media organisations, and civil society groups in Turkey, following a wave of access-blocking orders, detentions, and arrests targeting LGBTQ+ organisations and individuals in the country. Journalist Tuğba Tekerek was detained on September 13 over her reporting. Police also detained members of the
The International Press Institute (IPI) condemns Turkish authorities’ decision to summon Dilek Gappi, President of the İzmir Journalists’ Association (İGC), to testify over a public statement defending local journalists against political pressure and verbal attacks. We stand in solidarity with Gappi and the journalists targeted and call on Turkish authorities
The undersigned media freedom, freedom of expression, journalists’ and human rights organisations express profound alarm at the recent wave of detentions and arrests of journalists and civil society representatives in Türkiye in the immediate lead-up to the NATO Summit in Ankara on 7-8 July. In the last two weeks, Turkish
International Press Institute (IPI), together with 16 other press freedom, freedom of expression, and human rights organisations, has written to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to raise urgent concerns about the denial of accreditation to independent media in Türkiye seeking to cover the 2026 Ankara Summit. To: Secretary General Mark
Turkish authorities must end the use of arbitrary court orders citing bogus “national security” and “public order” concerns to censor journalistic social media accounts and news content, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. In a recent case, Turkish courts issued three successive blocking orders in three days. The first
International Press Institute (IPI) and undersigned press freedom, freedom of expression, journalists’ and human rights organisations call for the immediate release of BirGün journalist İsmail Arı, who has been behind bars for 75 days. Arı is due to appear before an Ankara court on June 5, after being jailed under
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
IPI has written to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai to raise urgent concerns about the devastating impact of Google’s algorithmic updates on Turkey’s independent media landscape. Dear Mr. Pichai, The International Press Institute (IPI) is writing to express our profound concern regarding the negative impact of recent Google Search and Discover
The undersigned MFRR partners and other press freedom, freedom of expression, journalists’ and human rights organizations sent the following letter to: > Drahoslav Stefanek, Chair of the Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM), Council of the European Union> Ellis Mathews, Head of Human Rights Division of European External Action Service