IFJ joins civil society coalition in calling on Turkish authority to unblock radio station Özgürüz

Together with 38 press freedom groups and civil society organizations, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined an official call for the Turkish government to reverse a Court decision to ban radio station Özgürüz. Özgürüz is based in Germany, and has already been blocked several times by the Turkish authorities since 2017.

Özgürüz's website

 

Press freedom is already severely threatened in Turkey. Now the government is trying to expand its control to media organization overseas. This cannot be permitted.

Read here the full statement

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