15 journalists 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…
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…