The Final Obstacle to Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Expression: Article 217/A of the Turkish Penal Code The Freedom of the Press Report, prepared by the Turkish Journalists’ Union, has been published for the seventh time. The report provides a comprehensive overview of human rights violations targeting journalists and media organizations between April…
The TGS Press Freedom Report was prepared to identify and expose all aspects of interventions against the press during the one-year period from April 2024 to April 2025. Under the heading ‘Journalists in Prison and Under House Arrest, Arrests and Releases’, the report includes a list of journalists in prison, the distribution of charges against…
This year, the main theme of our report is the poverty of journalists. We wanted to share in our report the extent of the poverty faced by journalists who are forced to work for low wages, long hours, and without a union. While editorial independence is one pillar of press freedom, the other pillar is…
Repression, arrests, censorship, and attacks… Journalists in Turkey are not free on May 3rd, World Press Freedom Day. The 2022-2023 Press Freedom Report, prepared by the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS), aims to identify any interference with press freedom over the past year and provide insight into the economic and social rights of journalists. This…
TGS Press Freedom Report 2022-2023 “Freedom of the Press for All: Side by Side”. Violations of rights targeting journalists, obstructions to news reporting, pressures on media institutions… On May 3, World Press Freedom Day, journalists cannot wield their pens freely. As in previous years, the 2021-2022 Press Freedom Report, prepared by the Journalists’ Union of…
Violations of journalists’ human rights, restrictions on reporting and oppression of media outlets in Turkey continue. Unfortunately, it’s difficult to speak of progress on May 3 World Press Freedom Day. Prepared by Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS), this report surveys incidents that took place between April 1, 2020 and April 1, 2021. An analysis of reports…
