Turkey
Turkish journalists under investigation for joining solidarity campaign with Kurdish paper
Journalists unions have called on the Turkish authorities to put an end to the threats and assaults against journalists and media workers.
Six Turkish journalists are under criminal investigation for participating in a solidarity campaign on World Press Freedom Day (3 May). The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ and IFJ) are calling upon the presumptive upcoming Turkish Prime minister, Binali Yildirim, to end the climate of permanent judicial intimidation, threats, harassment, detention and physical assaults against journalists and media workers in Turkey.
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