16 journalists and media workers jailed in Turkey
Many journalists in Turkey are being persecuted and kept in jail all over the country. Journalism is not a crime. Free them all. NAME-SURNAME INSTITUTUION…
TGS is prevented from visiting prisons
Since 2019, the TGS delegation has been prevented from visiting journalists in prison. Most recently, our request to visit journalist Elif Akgül, who is imprisoned…
TGS Press Freedom Report 2023-2024
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…
International press card application form
Journalists need a professional identification document to introduce themselves or to enter locations where access is restricted in order to cover news. The International Press…
TGS Press Freedom Report 2022-2023
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…
Journalism in Turkey: Between Political Pressure and Low Wages
43% of journalists in Turkey subjected to censorship due to political reasons.
Disinformation Law: Withdraw this bill or it will aggravate censorship
As seven leading journalism organizations in Turkey, we are concerned that a bill on disinformation could lead to one of the heaviest censorship and self-censorship…
TGS Press Freedom Report 2021-2022
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…
BBC journalists in Turkey won after historic strike
We are ending the strike we started with our members’ decision on 14 January 2022, following a one-year agreement with the BBC reached through a…
BBC journalists in Turkey go on strike
Journalists at the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) Istanbul bureau launched a strike on Jan. 14, citing the injustice by the London-based international media organization’s management…
TGS has hanged a decision to strike at the Istanbul office of the BBC
Turkey’s Journalists’ Union (TGS) has hanged a decision to strike at the Istanbul office of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Talks for a collective labor…
Halk TV must respect the unionization rights of its employees
Since its foundation in 1952, The Journalists’ Union Of Turkey has been a labor syndicate fighting for journalists’ economic, social, and editorial independence. As a…
Union warns of strike at AFP as talks for collective agreement stall
Turkey’s Journalists’ Union (TGS) has hanged a decision to strike at the Istanbul office of Agence France-Press (AFP), a global news agency. The three-month talks for…
Concern over proposals to introduce new regulation of ‘foreign-funded’ news
The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and undersigned partner organisations are concerned about and condemn recent statements by Turkish President Erdoğan and other government officials…
TGS makes a splash with Press Freedom Day campaign
Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) marked World Press Freedom Day with a resounding awareness campaign that reached millions of people through online and offline media…
TGS Press Freedom Report (2020-2021)
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…
Turkish court sentenced journalist Ayşegül Doğan to over 6 years in prison
Ayşegül Doğan has become the latest journalist in Turkey who was sentenced to prison by a court in a controversial case condemned by human rights…
TGS depicts grim picture in report on World Press Freedom Day
Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) has depicted a grim picture with a special report that was published on World Press Freedom Day. The report was…
TGS holds nationwide protests against latest wave of arrests
The Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS) has organized nationwide demonstrations to protest the latest wave of arrests targeting newsroom managers and reporters of critical news…
An Open Letter to Google from Turkey’s Journalists’ Union
Dear Mr. Gingras, Vice President of News at Google As the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS), we are saddened that Demiroren Group has been selected…