Coronavirus doesn’t stop Copyright Consultations
Despite many countries being in lockdown for a number of weeks to limit the spreading of the COVID-19 Pandemic, governments in Brazil, China, Kenya, India to name but a few have continued to publish consultations on copyright. IPA has continued to monitor and respond.
9th Turkish Publishing Assembly takes place online
The Turkish Publishers Association organizes a biennial assembly of the Turkish publishing industry. On 25-26 June 2020, the 9th version of the assembly was held online because of the Covid-19 pandemic bringing together a total of 58 speakers (46 local and 12 international) to the six-session event.
2020 Prix Voltaire laureate to be revealed live on 3rd June
On June 3, IPA will reveal the laureate of the 2020 Prix Voltaire during an online award ceremony, thus recognizing exemplary courage in upholding the freedom to publish and enabling others to exercise their right to freedom of expression.
IPA in Istanbul monitoring trial of Cumhuriyet 17
The IPA is in Istanbul this week with its member the Turkish Publishers Association and international free expression organizations* to monitor and protest against the trial of 17 journalists and executives from the national Cumhuriyet newspaper – among them publisher Turhan Günay – on charges that their work aided terrorism.
Book industry bodies press Ankara for unconditional release of Aslı Erdoğan, Necmiye Alpay and all prisoners of conscience
At its General Assembly in Strasbourg on Thursday, the Federation of European Publishers (FEP) was deeply concerned by news that Aslı Erdoğan and Necmiye Alpay had been rearrested and charged with “membership of a terrorist organization”.
World publishers decry Ankara’s abuse of State of Emergency powers to shutter a 30th Turkish publishing house
The Geneva-based International Publishers Association (IPA), speaking for 64 national publishers’ associations in 59 countries, has condemned the de facto state closure of yet another Turkish publishing house, Evrensel Basım Yayın (Evrensel Publishing House), under the government’s much expanded state of emergency powers.
IPA criticises yet another example of Turkish government censorship
International Publishers Association (IPA) has joined the Turkish Publishers Assocaition (TPA) in criticizing yet another example of blatant political censorship in Turkey.
IPA concerned about yet another takeover of a Turkish publisher
The International Publishers Association (IPA) is very concerned about reports of another Turkish publisher being put in the hands of trustees.
IPA condemns Turkish Government’s attacks on independent media.
The International Publishers Association is alarmed at reports that the Turkish Government is shutting down and seizing the independent and critical media outlets of the Koza-IPek Media Group, including Kanaltürk and Bugün TV, ahead of the forthcoming general election in that country.
IPA calls on Turkish government to stop the violence
The International Publishers Association (IPA) is concerned at recent reports of politically motivated violence in different parts of Turkey. Newspaper offices in Istanbul have been vandalised and a bookshop in Kırşehir burnt to the ground, while journalists and booksellers were threatened and injured.