Turkey heads towards dictatorship
I have recently returned from a visit to Istanbul with the SPOT delegation (Solidarity with the People of Turkey). The following day (15 January) the Turkish Parliament gave preliminary approval to a new constitution which will increase the powers of President...
Calls for Ahmet Şık to be released
The IFJ/EFJ, English Pen and other trade unions and press freedom organisations have called for the immediate release of leading investigative journalist Ahmet Sik, who was taken into custody in Istanbul on 29 December. Following his detention Ahmet Şık has now been...
Making the broadcasters raise their game
I have just finished reading 'Unleashing Demons' by by Craig Oliver, David Cameron's former spin doctor (Director of Politics and Communications to give him his official title, a position which he held from September 2011 until Cameron's resignation in July 2016)....