International Press Institute

International press organizations have called for the release of jailed journalists in Turkey in a meeting they held at the Turkish Journalists' Association's (TGC) headquarters in Istanbul's Çağlayan district. 

This is not the story of the overcoat of the impoverished government clerk in 19th century Russian writer Nikolai Gogol's masterpiece "The Overcoat."

This is the story of the overcoat of a Turkish journalist in prison.

The hashtag "#FreeTurkeyJournalists" circulated on Twitter on Dec. 9 by Turkish and international press organizations as part of a social media campaign to bring attention to 146 journalists imprisoned by decree laws ordered under the state of emergency declared after the July 15 coup attempt. 

The journalists will enter the new year in prison. 

No, this piece is not only about the Big Brothers (Abi in Turkish) and Big Sisters (Abla) of the secret network of Fethullah Gülen, the U.S.-resident Islamist preacher who is accused of being behind the failed coup of July 15 in Turkey; it is also about the failing justice system in the country.

Fourteen leading international press freedom and freedom of expression organizations have condemned the detention of executives and journalists of Turkish daily Cumhuriyet, describing it as an "extraordinary attack on press freedom."

The Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) called on Turkish government on April 14 to step up efforts to halt the murder of Syrian journalists in the country, to bring those responsible to justice, and to take the necessary measures on the issue.

On March 22, the International Press Institute (IPI) called on the Turkish authorities to "obey their oaths to uphold the country's Constitution and to respect decisions by the Constitutional Court upholding human rights." This call also included the recent decision to release the controversially charged Cumhuriyet editors.

Social media has become a crucial platform for many people in Turkey to voice their concerns about what is happening in the country and the neighboring region. In leading social media platforms, U.S.

The members of the International Press Institute (IPI) have called on Turkey to end an "escalating crackdown on independent media and dissenting voices that has seen the misuse of anti-terrorism laws to target and imprison journalists reporting on public interest issues."

The International Press Institute (IPI) Turkey National Committee has paid a visit to Cumhuriyet journalist Can Dündar who was released early on Feb. 26 after 92 days in Silivri Prison together with Erdem Gül, the Ankara bureau chief of the newspaper.