Democracy at Risk: IPI Special Report on Turkey, 2015 29 mars 2015
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ahmet Davutoglu, AKP, democracy, International Press Institute (IPI), Kadri Gürsel, press freedom, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Steven M. Ellis
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International Press Institute (IPI) March 2015
Steven M. Ellis *
Turkish authorities’ failure to safeguard – and, in some cases, their active steps to undermine – the right to share and receive information has led to serious deficiencies in the country’s democracy, placing its future at serious risk, a special report released today by the International Press Institute (IPI) concludes. (suite…)
Erdogan crackdown targets soap opera 16 décembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Fethullah Gülen, press, press freedom, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, soap opera
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Financial Times (UK) 16 December 2014, p. 1 & 10
By Daniel Dombey in Istanbul and Funja Guler in Ankara
A battle between Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and former-ally-turned-foe Fethullah Gulen took a dramatic turn with the arrest of police officers, media figures and soap opera scriptwriters. (suite…)
Stifling the Media: Barriers to Press Freedom 20 mai 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Chatham House, foreign policy, Gezi Park, James Deane, John Lloyd, Kirsty Hughes, Media Freedom, press freedom, transcript, Yavuz Baydar
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Chatham House (UK) 20 May 2014
Transcript – Yavuz Baydar, James Deane, Kirsty Hughes, John Lloyd
This is a transcript of a panel discussion on some of the key challenges facing freedom of the press around the world. Among other issues, the discussants address 1) the decline in media freedom in Turkey since the Gezi Park protests in 2013 (suite…)
Democracy in Crisis: Corruption, Media, and Power in Turkey 3 février 2014
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Andrew Finkel, Carla Anne Robbins, Civil Society, corruption, David J. Kramer, democracy, Freedom House, freedom of expression, human rights, Internet Freedom, Media Freedom, Nate Schenkkan, press freedom, Rule of Law, Susan Corke
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Special Report (Freedom House) February 3, 2014 Türkçe
Susan Corke, Andrew Finkel, David J. Kramer, Carla Anne Robbins, Nate Schenkkan
Turkey’s government is improperly using its leverage over media to limit public debate about government actions and punish journalists and media owners who dispute government claims, deepening the country’s political and social polarization, Freedom House concludes in a report issued on February 3. (suite…)
Erdogan accused of McCarthy-style witchhunt 1 août 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, journalist, média, Milliyet, press freedom, Sabah, Star, Turkey, Yavuz Baydar
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The Times (UK) August 1, 2013 Thursday, p. 28
Alexander Christie-Miller
The Turkish authorities have been accused of organising a « McCarthystyle » witchhunt against dissenting journalists, with more than 60 forced from their jobs in recent weeks. (suite…)
Not just a bad day for journalism, but for Turkish democracy 30 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: journalist, press freedom, Turkey, Yavuz Baydar
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The Guardian (UK) July 30, 2013 Tuesday, p. 30
Yavuz Baydar *
Last week I was fired from my job as independent ombudsman for the Turkish daily newspaper Sabah, following the censoring of my column. (suite…)
How media bosses undermine democracy 21 juillet 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: democracy, Gezi Park, journalist, press freedom, Turkey, Yavuz Baydar
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The New York Times (USA) July 21, 2013, p. S24 Türkçe
By Yavuz Baydar *, Istanbul
The protests that convulsed Istanbul and other Turkish cities last month exposed, among many other things, the shameful role of Turkey’s media conglomerates in subverting press freedom. (suite…)
Western Balkans and Turkey Media and Freedom of Expression Fact-finding and Scoping Study 28 avril 2013
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: EU, European Commission, freedom of expression, press freedom, Turkey, western balkans
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Framework Contract EuropeAid (European Commission) Nr. 2012/288659/1
September 2012 – April 2013, Final Report
Prepared by Particip
This report provides four sets of recommendations with close to forty detailed action proposals aiming at improving institutional capacities in the Western Balkans and Turkey to ensure media freedom and freedom of expression. (suite…)
Press freedom in Turkey 20 janvier 2013
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Marc Pierini, Markus Mayr, press, press freedom, The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Turkey
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The Carnegie Papers (The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) Jan 2013
Marc Pierini with Markus Mayr
The state of press freedom in Turkey is a stain on Ankara’s democratic reputation, economic standing, and diplomatic position. (suite…)
Turkey’s Press Freedom Crisis 22 octobre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Committee to Protect Journalists, journalist, press, press freedom, Turkey
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Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) October 2012, 53 p. Türkçe
A special report by the Committee to Protect Journalists
Turkish authorities are engaging in widespread criminal prosecution and jailing of journalists, and are applying other forms of severe pressure to promote self-censorship in the press, a CPJ analysis shows. (suite…)
EU attacks Turkey for curbs on press 11 octobre 2012
Posted by Acturca in EU / UE, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: EU membership, European Commission, journalist, press freedom, Turkey, Turkey-EU
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Financial Times (UK) Thursday, October 11, 2012, p. 2
By Daniel Dombey in Istanbul and James Fontanella-Khan in Brussels
Report highlights jailing of journalists. Turkey is restricting freedom of the press by imprisoning journalists and banning websites and has failed to resolve concerns about the rule of law, the EU said yesterday in its hardesthitting report on the aspirant member state. (suite…)
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