CPJ joins international press freedom mission to Turkey

CPJ joins international press freedom mission to Turkey

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined the International Press Institute and six other press freedom and human rights organizations in the seventh year of a joint press freedom mission to Ankara, Turkey. The delegation also included representatives from the ARTICLE 19 Europe, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa as part of Media Freedom Rapid Response, Reporters Without Borders, and the S…

Global Freedom of Expression, Columbia University: Newsletter, 27 November 2025

Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world.  It maintains an extensive database of international case law. This is its newsletter dealing with recent developments  in the field. In Türkiye, the state’s grip on speech tightens. From Diyarbakır to Ankara to İstanbul, journalists stand trials o…

Press freedom groups warn Turkey’s media climate poses ‘serious threat’ to democracy - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Press freedom in Turkey has deteriorated further in 2025, posing a serious threat to democracy and fundamental rights, eight leading international press freedom organizations warned on Wednesday after a joint mission to Ankara. Following a series of high-level meetings in Ankara from November 24 to 26, the mission said escalating political pressure, judicial harassment and censorship have moved Turkey further from democratic standards, stressing…