![]() ![]() In November, on the grounds that it restricted reporting and media freedom, Turkey’s top administrative court halted the implementation of an Interior Ministry April circular banning citizens or journalists from recording videos or taking photos of police officers on duty.Īfter strong criticism on social media of the authorities’ response to wildfires in Turkey’s forested Mediterranean region, the government signaled plans to further tighten restrictions on social media by making “disinformation” via social media an offence punishable with a prison sentence of between two to five years. At time of writing, 58 journalists and media workers were in prison or serving sentences for terrorism offenses because of their journalistic work or association with media. While most news outlets are owned by companies with close government links, independent media in Turkey mainly operate via online platforms but are subject to regular removal of content or prosecution for news coverage critical of senior government figures and members of President Erdoğan’s family or deemed to constitute an offense under Turkey’s highly restrictive Anti-Terror Law. Freedom of Expression, Association, and Assembly Turkey withdrew from the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, known as the Istanbul Convention, a major reversal for women’s rights. ![]() The authoritarian and highly centralized presidential government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has set back Turkey’s human rights record by decades, targeting perceived government critics and political opponents, profoundly undermining the independence of the judiciary, and hollowing out democratic institutions. ![]()
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