Telif Destek Programı başladı
Türkiye Gazeteciler Sendikası (TGS) Telif Destek Programı başladı Türkiye Gazeteciler Sendikası’nın Avrupa Birliği finansmanıyla yürüttüğü, Medya Özgürlüğüne Destek – Güçlü Dayanışma, Özgür Medya Projesi kapsamında…
Turkey: EU must hold Turkish President accountable for press freedom violations
As arrests of journalists and media closure continue, the European and the International Federation of Journalists (EFJ/IFJ) call on the European Union to take additional…
Press freedom must be a part of any agreement with Turkey
The European Federation of Journalist (EFJ) has strongly condemned the assassination attempt on 6 May in Istanbul against journalist Can Dündar (editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet daily…
Foreign press correspondents increasingly banned from Turkey
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has today condemned the entry ban imposed by Turkish authorities against Russian journalist Tural Kerimov, the Turkey bureau chief for…
Two arrested journalists released in Turkey after 92 days
he European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) warmly welcomed today Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruling on February 25 stating that the rights of Cumhuriyet newspaper…
Turkey must allow supporters to meet with imprisoned journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül
Leading international free expression and press freedom groups condemn government’s refusal to allow supporters to visit pair jailed for their reporting, call for their release…
TGS’s Kuleli: Government encirclement of the media has been getting tighter
This week’s guest for Monday Talk has said that the government’s clampdown on the media has been intensifying and might get even worse if current…
Press freedom groups express solidarity with journalists in Turkey
The International and European Federations of Journalists, their Turkish affiliate TGS and seven other international press freedom organisations yesterday adopted a Declaration in Istanbul expressing…
Turkey: Kurdish daily attacked and 32 journalists interrogated
The offices of the Kurdish daily newspaper Azadiya Welat and Kurdish news agency DIHA in Diyabakir (Turkey) have been attacked on 28/09/2015 by police forces…
EFJ and IFJ urge Turkey to release two UK journalists facing terror charges
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) have today backed their affiliate in Great Britain and Ireland, the National…
Turkey: 18 journalists threatened with 7.5 years in jail
(Brussels, 05.08.2015) The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) have demanded Turkey to drop immediately the “terrorism charges” against…
Growing pressure on journalists in Turkey before the elections
The Freedom for Journalists Plaftorm (GÖP), including the Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS) the EFJ-IFJ affiliate, calls on Turkish authorities to end pressure on media…
Turkey: State prosecutors attempt to ban opposition media during election
According to several media reports, the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has urged the Communications Ministry to hamper all media communications linked to the Gülen…
Journalists march for press freedom
Journalists march on Istiklal Street in downtown Istanbul on World Press Freedom Day to call for a free media on the World Press Freedom Day.…
Hahn: Further progress needed on press freedom
In a meeting with delegates of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) on Friday 20 March 2015, the EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and…
TGS condemn journalist detentions
Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS) and Journalists Association of Turkey (TGC) have condemned the detention of journalists in a police operation on Sunday while describing…
EFJ Supports Ethical Journalism in Russia
Some 53 delegates from 26 countries representing trade union organsations and professional associations of journalists at the Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Journalists…
Solidarity and Ethics needed to End Self-Censorship and Build Public Trust in Journalism
Narrative Report Istanbul, 4 November 2014 Summary : Representatives of different organisations such as TGS, EFJ, EJN, P24, Bianet, IPA and TPA came together in…
Journalists Unions Condemn IMC TV
To mark the Wold Day for Decent Work, we condemn all attempts to intimidate journalists for their union activity. Participants at the meeting participants heard…
Gezi is more than daily politics, says Kuleli
By Tony Cross In Turkey’s first-ever direct election of its president Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is defending the 12-year legacy of his Justice and…