The Media Freedom Rapid Response’s 2025 report was published on February 19, 2026, revealing that 137 press freedom violations and 259 cases of victimization were recorded in Turkey. According to the report, 131 journalists were deprived of their freedom through detention, arrest, or imprisonment; at least 22 were convicted. The report emphasized that legal mechanisms had been turned into a tool of systematic pressure, that RTÜK sanctions had increased, and that the murder of Hakan Tosun had not been solved.
February 19, 2026
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