Press Freedom in Turkey Under Threat: Journalists Assaulted, Jailed and Censored
The International Press Institute (IPI) has released its weekly report covering press freedom violations in Turkey between 5 and 12...
Abuse Against Journalists Must Never Be Tolerated
The UK’s National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has strongly condemned the rise in online and physical attacks targeting journalists. In...
IBC2025 | Artificial Intelligence, the Future of Broadcasting and Big Ideas on Stage
On its second day, the RAI Amsterdam transformed into a true technology hub as the International Broadcasting Convention 2025 (IBC2025)...
Media companies seized: 121 firms including Show TV, Habertürk and Bloomberg HT transferred to TMSF
Turkey’s government has further tightened its grip on the media sector. The Istanbul Küçükçekmece Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office announced that...
Crackdown on dissenting voices online: 103 accounts investigated, arrests and detentions
The Turkish government, led by the ruling AKP, has intensified its systematic censorship of social media, targeting critical voices after...
IJA calls on all journalists: Break the silence, document, report, and expose
The death of 72-year-old political prisoner İbrahim Güngör, who is denied release despite suffering from serious illnesses, once again draws...
Internet Censorship in Turkey: Social media access blocked as RTÜK threatens opposition broadcasters with license revocation
The Turkish government once again restricted internet access in response to anti-government protests. Following the court-ordered removal of the CHP’s...
Has 75-year-old journalist Alaeddin Kaya been left to die? With a wheelchair and neck brace, he struggles for justice
Journalists Alaeddin Kaya (75), Hidayet Karaca (61), former AKP lawmaker İlhan İşbilen (80), and Kazım Avcı (75) have once again...
Google Outage: Gmail and YouTube Inaccessible
The world’s largest search engine, Google, was temporarily inaccessible on Thursday. Users were also unable to access YouTube, Gmail, and...
U.S. Human Rights Report: Press Freedom Under Heavy Pressure in Turkey
The U.S. State Department’s 2024 Human Rights Report reveals that press freedom in Turkey is under severe restriction. The report...
Journalists detained ahead of NATO summit as RTÜK warns broadcasters: “We are monitoring your broadcasts”
As detentions targeting journalists, academics and lawyers continue ahead of the NATO Summit to be held in Ankara on July...
Newspaper circulation falls 15 percent in Turkey as digital media expands
Turkey's newspaper industry continued to lose ground to digital media in 2025, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK). The...
EU’s top court upholds record €4.1 billion fine against Google
The European Union's highest court on Thursday upheld the bloc's record €4.1 billion antitrust fine against Google over anti-competitive practices...
Pressure on media in Turkey continues: Two journalists jailed, TV stations fined, opposition outlets barred from NATO accreditation
Journalists Doğa Baskan and Yıldız Tar have been jailed pending trial, while Turkey's media watchdog imposed broadcasting penalties on Halk...
IJA joins international call at the 5th Justice Gathering in Strasbourg
The 5th Justice Gathering, held in front of the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)...
ECHR finds rights violations in cases involving 893 applicants, including journalists
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has issued a significant ruling covering a total of 893 applicants in three...
Future of Syrians in Germany discussed at Intercultural Media Dialogue featuring IJA
In a panel held as part of the Intercultural Media Dialogue Rhein-Main, the possible return of Syrians in Germany, the...
ECHR Rules That Journalist Tuncer Çetinkaya’s Rights to Liberty, Security and Freedom of Expression Were Violated
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg ruled against Turkey in a judgment announced today concerning journalist Tuncer...
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