ECPMF is joined by 26 other organisations representing media freedom, freedom of expression, journalists’ and human rights organisations in expressing profound alarm at the recent wave of detentions a...

İstanbul Hepimizin Girişimi’nin hazırlayıp sunduğu Şehir Hepimizin programında bu hafta yapay zeka, veri güvenliği ve dijital gözetim ele alınıyor. Şevket Uyanık’ın moderatörlüğünde gerçekleşen…

6 ay sonra uygulamaya geçirilecek yeni düzenlemeyle ilgili son bilgileri derledik

The 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.…

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Turkey’s planned new restrictions on accessing social media platforms without identity verification will erode anonymity and further tighten censorship.

Turkey’s planned new restrictions on accessing social media platforms without identity verification will erode anonymity and further tighten censorship.

Türkiye’nin kimlik doğrulaması olmadan sosyal medya platformlarına erişimi kısıtlamaya dönük planladığı yeni düzenlemeler, anonimliği zayıflatacak ve sansürü daha da sıkılaştıracak.

„I Wanted Everyone to Know“ ist ein Dokumentarfilm über das Leben und Werk von Metin Cihan, einem der bekanntesten Journalisten der Türkei.

On 11 December 2025, former Habertürk news anchor Nur Köşker announced that she was forced to…

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Washington merkezli uluslararası insan hakları kuruluşu Freedom House'un yayınladığı 2025 yılı "İnternette Özgürlük Raporu"na göre Türkiye, "internetin özgür olmadığı ülkeler" kategorisinde yer aldı. ...

The immediate future of internet freedom will depend on how governments deploy incentives for and controls over the next wave of technological innovation.

Turkish and international media bodies have voiced outrage over the assault on Turkish environmental journalist Hakan Tosun – who died from his injuries on Wednesday – amid concern that he was targete...

Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) has published its latest Media Freedom Monitoring Report, focusing on the first half of 2025 and one of the countries in focus is Turkey. The results paint a soberi...

Medya Özgürlüğü Acil Müdahale (MFRR), 2025’in ilk yarısını mercek altına alan son Medya Özgürlüğü İzleme Raporu’nu yayımladı. Yeni raporun bulgularına göre, Türkiye bölümünde öne çıkan sonuçlar oldukç...

Turkey has a long list of legislation and regulations in place that pose a threat to media freedom, the right to access information, and free expression in the country. The legislative processes in th...

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Mahkemeler, polis ve düzenleyici kurumların aynı çizgide buluştuğu yapı, gerçeğin ve hakikatin suç haline geldiği boğucu bir ortamı hepimizin gerçekliği haline getirdi.

When all three pillars are united -courts, police, media regulator- to suppress media freedom, the result becomes a suffocating environment where truth and facts become criminal.

Karen Attiah says she was dropped by newspaper after 11 years for addressing political violence, race and gun control

The undersigned organisations strongly condemn the elongated pretrial detention of journalist Furkan Karabay, who faces a prison sentence of 6 to 15 years and call for his immediate release. Karabay h...

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners condemn the five-day broadcast blackout imposed on TELE1 since September 1, and the escalating use of censorship sanctions by RTÜK, Turkey’s broadcast ...

The Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE) and the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) are proud to announce the launch of the European Anti-SLAPP Monitor, a new online platform des...

Ekrem İmamoğlu, "Umut, bu milletin ta kendisidir. Özgür Özel’in katılacağı buluşmaya bütün Bakırköylü hemşerilerimi davet ediyorum" dedi.

Özgür Özel gözünü o kadar karattı ki, “gerekirse Silivri’de Ekrem Başkanın yanında yatarım” dedi. Savcılıklar da onun sözünü boş çıkarmamak için yarışıyor. Özel’in dokunulmazlığı kalkar mı, arada bir ...

Bu form, Association for Progressive Communication (APC) tarafından hazırlanan Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) 2025 özel sayısı kapsamında, Türkiye’den toplumsal cinsiyet temelli hak savun...

Bu form, Association for Progressive Communication (APC) tarafından hazırlanan Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) 2025 özel sayısı kapsamında, Türkiye’den toplumsal cinsiyet temelli hak savun...

Sweden will send up to 600 criminals to serve their sentences in an Estonian prison under an agreement announced by the government on Wednesday aimed at reducing pressure on the country's overcrowded jails.

After the last update, Grok's answers became offensive and led to a restriction in Türkiye. Honestly, before the update, I was using Grok to get relatively objective information, but not now at all. On July 9, 2025, a Turkish court ordered a nationwide block on Grok, the AI chatbot developed by xAI (Elon Musk’s company), following allegations that it generated highly offensive content about President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his late mother, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, and other prominent figures…

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners strongly condemn the arrest of four staff members of Leman, one of Türkiye’s leading satirical magazines, and express deep concern over the ongoing jud...

Leman dergisi soruşturması kapsamında gözaltına alınan 4 kişi tutuklandı.

Police detained four journalists from a satirical magazine over a cartoon that allegedly depicted the Prophet Muhammad, while angry protesters attacked the magazine's Istanbul office.

LeMan Dergisi yayımladığı açıklamada, suçlamaları kategorik olarak reddetti. Kışkırtmalara karşı uyardı: "Hassasiyeti biliyor ve anlıyoruz. Yanlış anlaşılmalara sebep verenleri provakatif olanları kın...

Les dessins de presse nous font rire. Sans eux, nos vies seraient bien tristes. Mais c’est aussi une chose sérieuse : ils ont le pouvoir d’informer mais aussi d’offenser

True freedom of expression cannot thrive on paper alone. It must be protected in courtrooms, respected by police forces, upheld in parliaments, and championed in public discourse. Until then, the gap ...