Yabancı Medya Derneği TR - FMA is independent & aims to offer a support network, providing both solidarity and concrete guidance to help members since Dec 2018.
Istanbul, Turkey
Joined July 2017
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FMA, Halk TV’nin basın emekçileriyle dayanışma içindedir. Diğer medya özgürlüğü, ifade hürriyeti ve insan hakları örgütü ile, yetkilileri @halktvcomtrr yönetimine kayyum ataması ve kanalın editoryal bağımsızlığının yeniden tesis etmeye çağırıyoruz. turkiye.ipi.media/turkiye-ha…
FMA stands in solidarity with the journalists at @halktvcomtrr and joins #pressfreedom orgs in calling for the trustee appointment to be revoked and the channel allowed to resume broadcasting and publishing freely online without interference. #HalkTV
🇹🇷Turkey: IPI and 12 other partner orgs call on Turkish authorities to reverse the trustee appointment at @halktvcomtrr and restore its editorial independence.
Read our joint statement:👇buff.ly/C0uS6rA
Türkiye’de son bir ayda internet sansürünün ciddi ölçüde artması ardından FMA ve diğer kuruluşlar, ifade özgürlüğü hakkını ihlal eden erişim engeli kararlarına son vermek için çağırıyor.
📢 21 insan hakları ve medya özgürlüğü kuruluşundan ortak çağrı:
İfade özgürlüğü hakkını ihlal eden erişim engeli kararlarına son verin.
ARTICLE 19, İfade Özgürlüğü Derneği, İnsan Hakları İzleme Örgütü ve Uluslararası Af Örgütü’nün de aralarında bulunduğu 21 insan hakları ve medya özgürlüğü kuruluşu yayımladıkları ortak açıklamada, Türkiye’de son bir ayda internet sansürünün ciddi ölçüde artmasından derin kaygı duyduklarını belirtti.
🔴 Açıklamada, sosyal medya platformlarına ifade özgürlüğü hakkının ihlal edilmesine katkıda bulunmamaları çağrısı yapıldı.
⚠️ Türkiye hükümetine ise ifade özgürlüğü hakkını ihlal eden erişim engeli kararlarına ve diğer kısıtlayıcı tedbirlere derhal son vermesi çağrısında bulunuldu.
Açıklama 👉 amn.st/6010BH81aE
Access to more than 1,000 social media accounts was ordered blocked in Turkey last month. FMA joins call for Turkey and social media platforms to stop censoring journalists and rights defenders online by blocking their accounts, and respect the right to free expression.
🇹🇷 Turkey: Authorities and courts ordered at least 1,270 X accounts blocked in September alone, with a combined following of 35 million. X complied with at least 90% of the orders. IPI has joined ARTICLE 19 and partners in protest. buff.ly/tEJr2I9
MLSA provides critical legal support to journalists, activists & members of civil society facing legal cases and trials over their work. Their X account was among many blocked in Turkey over the past few days. Follow their #pressfreedom advocacy on their new account @mlsaturkiye
Gazetecilik ve ifade özgürlügü alanındaki çalışmalarımızı yeni X hesabımızdan takip edebilirsiniz:
@mlsaturkiye
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You can follow our work on journalism and freedom of expression on our new X account:
@mlsaturkiye
Useful reference from our partners at MLSA - a handbook for civil society organizations in Turkey on the often complicated process of setting up an association (dernek) and managing its day-to-day administrative and financial operations. Tebrikler 👏🏻
MLSA'dan sivil toplum kuruluşları için ‘Dernek Kurma ve Yürütme El Kitabı’ Yayınlandı !
MLSA’nın yeni yayını ‘Dernek Kurma ve Yürütme El Kitabı’, sivil toplum kuruluşlarının kuruluş süreçlerinden günlük idari ve mali işleyişlerine kadar ihtiyaç duyabilecekleri temel bilgi ve belgeleri bir araya getiriyor.
mlsaturkey.com/tr/mlsadan-si…
FMA joins IPI and other journalists' and #pressfreedom groups in calling on NATO to address the denial of media accreditation to independent news outlets and journalists in Turkey seeking to cover the upcoming NATO Summit in Ankara.
#Turkey: IPI and 14 orgs wrote to @NATO’s @SecGenNATO Mark Rutte about the denial of accreditation to independent media in Türkiye seeking to cover the Ankara Summit.
Domestic media pressures must not shape who covers the summit. @NATOpress
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FMA joins other media and #pressfreedom groups in calling for the immediate release of BirGün journalist @ismailari_ who has been jailed for more than two months under Turkey's "disinformation law" in connection with his investigative journalism. mfrr.eu/turkey-mfrr-consorti…
FMA joins #pressfreedom groups and other journalist orgs in condemning the intensifying use of Turkey's "disinformation law" to arrest, detain, and prosecute journalists. A free and independent press is itself the most durable safeguard against the spread of false information.
#Turkey: From İsmail Arı to Alican Uludağ, journalists are being imprisoned under the vague disinformation law.
IPI and 24 partner orgs condemn this escalating crackdown. Journalism is not a crime. The disinformation law must be repealed.
👉 turkiye.ipi.media/ipi-and-pa…
FMA joins other media and #pressfreedom organizations in calling on the EU to reform visa policies that contribute to the professional isolation of Turkish journalists and hinder cross-border reporting on issues of shared importance.
#Turkey: IPI, together with the undersigned @MediaFreedomEU partners and other orgs, calls on the EU to reform visa policies that obstruct Turkish journalists’ mobility and undermine press freedom.
Read our joint statement: turkiye.ipi.media/joint-lett…
Foreign Media Association TR retweeted
Joint statement read in Ankara for journalists Arı and Uludağ: “Journalists are not enemies, this enemy law must be abandoned”
Press professional organizations made a joint statement in Ankara against the arrest of İsmail Arı and Alican Uludağ.
In the statement, it was emphasized that journalism is being criminalized and it was requested that detained journalists be released.
In the statement of MLSA and 10 press professional organizations, it was said, “Journalists are not enemies. This enemy law must be abandoned. Respect must be shown to the news and to the reporter.”
mlsaturkey.com/en/joint-stat…
FMA stands with press freedom and freedom of speech organizations in calling for the release of journalist İsmail Arı. #GazetecilikSuçDeğildir
MLSA ve basın örgütlerinden açıklama: Gazeteci İsmail Arı serbest bırakılsın
Açıklamada imzası bulunan basın ve ifade özgürlüğü örgütleri olarak BirGün gazetesi muhabiri İsmail Arı'nın tutuklanmasını kınıyor; gazetecinin derhal ve koşulsuz serbest bırakılmasını talep ediyoruz.
Demokratik bir toplum için özgür basın şarttır.
mlsaturkey.com/tr/mlsa-ve-ba…
Foreign Media Association TR retweeted
MLSA and press freedom groups call for release of journalist İsmail Arı
The undersigned press freedom and freedom of expression organizations condemn in the strongest terms the detention of BirGün reporter İsmail Arı and call for his immediate and unconditional release.
A free press is essential for a democratic society.
mlsaturkey.com/en/press-free…
Foreign Media Association TR retweeted
MLSA report finds journalists are defendants in 72% of ‘censorship law’ cases, with trial process outweighing convictions
📌A new report by the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) shows that the majority of cases filed under Article 217/A of the Turkish Penal Code — widely known to the public as the “censorship law” — target journalists.
📌In the monitored cases, the vast majority of defendants were journalists and media workers; in more than 72% of the cases, journalists, reporters or other media employees appeared as defendants.
📌In the report, MLSA emphasizes that punishment under Article 217/A is not limited to convictions. In many cases, the trial process itself functions as a mechanism of punishment. Even when journalists are acquitted, months-long court proceedings, professional uncertainty and the risk of stigmatization can create lasting pressure on freedom of expression.
mlsaturkey.com/en/mlsa-repor…
Foreign Media Association TR retweeted
Press freedom in #Turkey continued to deteriorate in 2025.
Today, IPI & seven partner orgs publish the Turkey mission report following a visit to Ankara (Nov 24–26), documenting rising political pressure, judicial harassment and censorship.
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Foreign Media Association TR retweeted
#Turkey: IPI strongly condemns detention of journalist @alicanuludag over his reporting. Using detention to silence journalists is an attack on press freedom and public’s right to know. Journalism is not a crime. He must be released immediately.
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FMA joins other journalism and #pressfreedom organizations in calling for the release of award-winning journalist @alicanuludag and an end to judicial harassment of journalists reporting on matters of public interest. #GazetecilikSuçDeğildir
#Turkey: IPI and 13 partner orgs demand the immediate release of investigative journalist @alicanuludag, who was arrested today on charges of "insulting the president" over his reporting and social media posts.
#JournalismIsNOTaCrime
Read the statement: turkiye.ipi.media/turkey-med…
FMA welcomes the news that journalist Raphael Boukandoura has been released from custody this evening following legal objections filed by @mlsaturkey. #pressfreedom #gazeteciliksuçdeğildir
The pending deportation from Turkey of French journalist Raphaël Boukandoura threatens to set a disturbing precedent for press freedom. Our full statement: fmaturkey.org/raphael-boukan…
Foreign Media Association TR retweeted
📌 Journalist Raphaël Boukandoura released following MLSA’s objection
French journalist Raphaël Boukandoura was detained on 19 January while covering a public press statement in Istanbul’s Sancaktepe district and was subsequently held under administrative detention at the Arnavutköy Removal Center.
Following objections filed by MLSA’s Legal Unit against the administrative detention and deportation decision, Boukandoura has been released.
