Turkey: IPI reiterates call for justice on 17th anniversary of Hrant Dink’s assassination
On the 17th anniversary of the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network...
Press freedom mission urges Turkey to immediately withdraw law labeling critics as spies
Media freedom groups today called on Turkey’s government to fully withdraw the amendments to the espionage act currently before parliament....
IPI joins MLSA and other press freedom organisations to call for release of detained journalists
International Press Institute (IPI), Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) and the undersigned press freedom and human rights organizations are...
Joint letter to European Commission President: EU should oppose Türkiye’s “agent of influence” bill
Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission CC: Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security...
Turkey: Journalist Nevşin Mengü faces judicial harassment and coordinated online smear campaign over interview
On December 13, prominent independent journalist and IPI Turkey National Committee member Nevşin Mengü published an interview on her YouTube...
Turkey: International Media Freedom and Human Rights Organisations Demand Release of Journalist Dicle Müftüoğlu in Upcoming Trial
As the next hearing of journalist Dicle Müftüoğlu approaches on February 29, 2024, we call for immediate attention to her...
Turkey: Big tech should protect free speech and resist state censorship
Ahead of Türkiye’s municipal elections on 31 March 2024, ARTICLE 19, Human Rights Watch and 19 rights groups and journalists’...
Turkey: Journalists faced obstruction and violence following local elections
The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, journalists, and media executives for press freedom, condemns a series...
IPI General Assembly Resolution: States must act to protect environmental and climate journalism
The members of the International Press Institute (IPI), meeting at their 73nd annual General Assembly during the IPI World Congress...
Turkey: International Media Freedom and Human Rights Organisations Condemn Alarming Surge in Arrests of Kurdish Journalists
The International Press Institute (IPI), Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) and 26 press freedom, freedom of expression and human...
IPI General Assembly Resolution: Calling for protection of journalists in Gaza, unimpeded access by international media
The members of the International Press Institute (IPI), meeting at their 73nd annual General Assembly during the IPI World Congress...
The EU must do more to prioritise protecting media freedom and human rights in Türkiye
The undersigned media freedom, human rights and journalists’ groups call on the new European Commission and the new European Parliament...
Turkey: Freedom of the press and expression groups condemn broadcast regulator’s silencing of Açık Radyo
The International Press Institute (IPI) and the undersigned freedom of the press and expression organizations condemn the decision by Turkey’s...
Turkey: IPI condemns targeting of journalists covering trial of former far-right leader’s murder
The International Press Institute (IPI) condemns the coordinated efforts by the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) to intimidate journalists reporting...
Turkey: Press freedom and freedom of expression groups condemn court decision upholding prison sentence for journalist Bülent Mumay
The International Press Institute (IPI) and the undersigned freedom of the press and expression organizations denounce the decision by Turkish...
Freedom of the press and expression groups alarmed by escalating death threats against journalist Murat Ağırel
The International Press Institute (IPI) and undersigned press freedom and freedom of expression groups strongly condemn the ongoing and intensifying...
Six years on: Still no justice for Jamal Khashoggi
Six years have passed since the brutal murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi national and vocal critic...
Turkey: Press freedom and freedom of expression groups, media outlets and civil society condemn regulator’s decision to shutter Açık Radyo
The International Press Institute (IPI), together with 66 undersigned press freedom and freedom of expression groups, media outlets and civil...
IPI urges Turkey to withdraw ‘agents of influence’ bill ahead of parliamentary vote
The International Press Institute (IPI) expresses profound concern regarding the recently introduced “agents of influence” bill, commonly referred to as...