Turkey : Set Journalists Free
Monitoring
- 23 Dec 2014 – Joint call by @IFJGlobal and @EFJEUROPE to ask for the immediate release of all journalists in jail in Turkey – download in EN or FR
- 19 Dec 2014 – Journalists stage protest outside Downing Street for press freedom in Turkey
- 18 Dec 2014 – factschecking for 14 Dec arrests in Turkey: 31 suspects, 4 journalists, 11 media workers, 16 police officers
- 17 Dec 2014 – TGS condemn journalist detentions
- 15 Dec 2014 – OSCE media freedom representative calls on authorities in Turkey to release detained journalists
- 15 Nov 2014 – IFJ/EFJ Condemn mass Arrest of Turkish Journalists
- 14 Dec 2014 – Journalists detained in Turkey… again !
- 11 Nov 2014 : Solidarity and Ethics needed to End Self-Censorship and Build Public Trust in Journalism
- 05 Nov 2014 : KCK Press case sent to the Constitutional Court
- 16 Oct 2014 : Journalists Unions Condemn intimidation of journalists and trade union leaders
- 6 August 2014 : Kuleli: Gezi is more than daily politics
- 6 August 2014 : TGS Reaches Second Collective Agreement at BirGün
- 11 May 2014 : PEN’s petition for greater freedom of expression in Turkey
- 8 May 2014 : [Media Release] Turkey: Three Journalists Releases after Eight-year Imprisonment
- 6 May 2014 : TGS-EFJ Kicks Off First Capacity Building Workshop
- 03 May 2014 : Europe Must Act to Counter Threats to Media Freedom
- 13 April 2014: Turkey’s spy agency files complaint against journalists for critical interview (Today’s Zaman)
- 12 April 2014: Kurdish journalist Ahmet Birsin (GünTV) released in KCK main trial in Diyarbakir (Bianet, Turkish)
- 11 April 2014: EFJ Congratulates Journalist Ahmet Şik on Winning UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2014
- 10 April 2014: Journalists Mehmet Ali Karabulut and Zarife Çamalan beaten by the police (Bianet)
- 9 April 2014: Delegation for Füsun Erdogan visited the Council of Europe to draw attention to her case
- 9 April 2014: The Committee to Protect Journalists writes an open letter to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to express concern about press freedom (CPJ)
- 8 April 2014: “We Quit Working for Erdogan’s Propaganda Mouthpiece” (Vice)
- 2 April 2014: The resolution for the freedom of the Turkish press boycotted by PS, CDH and MR (AJP, French)
- 24 March 2014: CPJ condemns Twitter ban in Turkey
- 10 March 2014: EFJ Welcomes Release of Journalist Tuncay Özkan
- 10 March 2014: Erdogan threatens to shut down YouTube, Facebook, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
- 27 February 2014: EJN Report on Turkey Journalism Crisis: journalists plan fightback over politics and media corruption, Ethical Journalism Network
- 22 February 2014. Debat on Gezi Park resistance, with photojournalist Sera Çakal. Invitation by EFJ member: Deutscher Journalisten-Verband (DJV)
- 4 February 2014: Democracy in crisis : corruption, media and power in Turkey, Ethical Journalism Network (English)
- 3 February 2014: How will Turkey be censored on the net?, Bianet English
- 26 January 2014: Report of KCK trial in Silvri , close to Istanbul on 15 January in Russian by EFJ observer Nadezda Azhgikhina, EFJ Vice-President
- 24 January 2014 “Sentimental journey”, in Russian by Nadezda Azhgikhina, EFJ Vice-President about press freedom in Turkey, in “Journalist”
- 9 January 2014: Ministers will be able to give Internet censure orders directly, Bianet English
- 9 January 2014: French Unions send letter to French President Francois Hollande re his visit to Turkey on 27-28.01.2014 (FR)
Reports
> EU Progress Reports on Turkey 2014 – 2013 – 2012 – 2011
> OSCE reports on Turkey
– Regular Report to the Permanent Council by Dunja Mijatović, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, for the period from 19 June 2014 through 26 November 2014
– Presidential elections 2014
– OSCE FOM table on imprisoned journalists in Turkey – 10 March 2014
> CoE reports on Turkey
– The rule of law on the Internet and in the wider digital world. Issue Paper published by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
– 3rd quarterly activity report 2014 by Nils Muižnieks
> Bia Media Monitoring Reports : April-June 2014
> PEN International : Free expression under shadow
> IFJ reports : 2 journalists killed in Turkey in 2014
> CPJ reports : 40 imprisoned journalists in Turkey (2013) / 20 journalists killed in Turkey since 1992
> RSF Press Freedom Index 2014 : Turkey is ranked at 154 position with 45,87 points (between Irak and Gambia)
> Human Rights Watch : Turkey: Security Bill Undermines Rights
> Freedom House / Freedom of the Press 2014 : “The region’s largest numerical change occurred in Turkey, which declined from 56 to 62 points and moved from Partly Free to Not Free.”
This project is being implemented by the following organisations
The Set Journalists Free in Turkey campaign is part of the Campaign to Decriminalise Turkish Journalism, to free speech and protect work place rights project which receives the financial support of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) Program managed by the European Commission. All responsibilities regarding the contents and the actions are the sole responsibility of to the EFJ and should not be considered as reflecting the views of the European Union.