BIA Media Monitoring Reports
In order to promote socially and ethically responsible media; to provide a record of the implementation of the reforms for broader freedom of expression for the political leaders and and heads of the media and to support the local media in defending their rights against obstacles on their way for enjoying freedom of expression the BIA,
* Monitors and report violations of freedom of expression.
* Monitors the functioning of the media along with the guidelines of freedom of expression and professional ethics.
* Monitors the level and degree of newspapers’ coverage of human, women’s and children’s rights issues, in comparison of rights-based coverage to daily total output.
* Legal assistance desk continues providing free consultation and guidance for the local media.
From this page, you can access to quarterly and annual monitoring reports compiled by BIA Media Monitoring Desk. Since 2001, these reports provide a dependable and concise account of rights violations concerning freedom of expression in Turkey.
2023
2023 Annual Report -Judicial pressure on journalists escalated with the 'disinformation law'
2023 4th Quarterly Report - The persecution of journalism continues!
2023 3rd Quarterly Report - Desire to silence journalists to conceal crimes
2023 2nd Quarterly Report - Pressure on journalists increases following the elections
2023 1st Quarterly Report - Journalism fighting for survival ehad of the elections
2022
2022 Annual Report - Journalists shackled ahead of elections
2022 4th Quarterly Report - Is the clampdown on the media to win the elections?
2022 3rd Quarterly Report - Now it's the time for 'disinformation' tactics to silence journalism
2022 2nd Quarterly Report - The government is seeking its future in silencing the media
2022 1st Quarterly Report - Condemning the journalist to univocality? Not that easy!
2021
2021 Annual Report - Journalists' struggle for freedom, a glimmer of hope from the judiciary
2021 4th Quarterly Report - Both gains and concerns in journalists' rights!
2021 3rd Quarterly Report - 'Full pressure on media and social media'
2021 2nd Quarterly Report - 'Free journalism will end unless there is a brave struggle'
2021 1st Quarterly Report - 'The law and journalists must be the assurance for news'
2020
2020 Annual Report - Our jaw has dropped in the face of this media freedom!
2020 4th Quarterly Report - 'They say reform to Europe, stifle the media!'
2020 2nd Quarterly Report - 'Journalist should not question! We arrest! We close down!'
2020 1st Quarterly Report - May 3 World Press Freedom Day: Critical Press Under Threat in Turkey
2019
2019 Annual Report - The Ends Justify the Means in Purging Critical Media
2019 4th Quarterly Report - Judicial Reform Package Brings Freedom to Neither News, Nor Journalists
2018
2018 Annual Report: One Year of the Journalist and the Media
2018 4th Quarterly Report - No Freedom in Sight for News, No End to Court-Prison for Journalists
2018 3rd Quarterly Report - Is It Way to Prison by Verdict Instead of Freedom for Journalists?
2018 2nd Quarterly Report - File to Erdoğan Administration: Freedom to News
2017
2017 Annual Report - BİA Media Monitoring Report 2017: One Year of Journalists, Media
2017 3rd Quarterly Report - 122 Journalists Imprisoned: State Can't Help But Convict Journalists
2017 2nd Quarterly Report - 301 Journalists Face 4,260 Years in Prison, 142 Aggravated Lifetime
2017 1st Quarterly Report - 3 Months of Press Freedom: The Situation is Very Dire
2016
2016 Annual Report - 2016: Journalism Gripped by State of Emergency
2016 4th Quarterly Report - 2 Major Obstacles Before Journalism: Government, Jurisdiction
2016 3rd Quarterly Report - 107 Journalists in Prison, 2,500 Others Left Unemployed Due To Closures
2016 2nd Quarterly Report - Media Faces Mounting Pressure, Resistance Strikes Back
2016 1st Quarterly Report - Erdoğan's 'New Turkey' Cancels Out Critical Journalism
2015
Media in Last Three Months of 2015, You Name the Title
The Summary of Three Months: Erdoğan is Chasing the Dream “The Media of the Majesty”
Increasing Pressure on Press: Democracy in Question
News and Journalists Under the "Control" of Erdoğan/AKP are at Risk
Whoever Criticizes Erdoğan Finds Themselves in Court; Here are the Court Cases
2014
2014 Annual Report Press Release
2014 Third Quarterly Report - Press Release
2014 Second Quarterly Report - Full Text
2014 Second Quarterly Report - Press Release
2014 First Quarterly Report - 176 Suspensions in 3 Months
2014 First Quarterly Report - Interventions to the Media
2014 First Quarterly Report - Press Release
2013
2013 Annual Report - Press Release
2013 Third Quarterly Report - Journalist's Gezi Log
2013 Third Quarterly Report - Press Release
2013 Second Quarterly Report - Press Release
2013 First Quarterly Report - Press Release
2012
2012 Annual Report - Full Text
2012 Annual Report - Struggle, Abuses Resume
2012 Third Quarterly Report - Press Release
2012 Second Quarterly Report - Full Text
2012 Second Quarterly Report - Imprisoned Journalists Are Not Alone
2012 Second Quarterly Report - Press Release
2012 First Quarterly Report - Full Text
2012 First Quarterly Report - Journalists Rise Against Anti-Terror Law
2012 First Quarterly Report - Press Release
2011
2011 Annual Report - Full Text
2011 Annual Report - Year of Struggle for Journalists
2011 Annual Report - Press Release
2011 Third Quarterly Report - Full Text
2011 Third Quarterly Report - Press Release
2011 Second Quarterly Report - Full Text
2011 Second Quarterly Report - Press Release
2011 First Quarterly Report - Full Text
2011 First Quarterly Report - Press Release
2010
2010 Annual Report - Press Release
2010 Annual Report - Full Text
2010 Third Quarterly Report - Full Text
2010 Third Quarterly Report - Press Release
2010 Second Quarterly Report - Full Text
2010 Second Quarterly Report - Press Release
2010 First Quarterly Report - Press Release
2010 First Quarterly Report - Full Text
2009
According to the 2009 annual report published by the BİA Media Monitoring Desk, a total of 323 people stood trial in the context of freedom of thought in 2009, among them 123 journalists.
2009 Third Quarterly Report - Full Text
2009 Third Quarterly Report - Press Release
2009 Second Quarterly Report - Full Text
2009 Second Quarterly Report - Press Release
2009 First Quarterly Report - Full Text
2009 First Quarterly Report - Press Release
2008
In 2008, 82 people were tried under Article 301, 44 under the Anti-Terrorist Law. Freedoms of press and expression have been damaged by political polarisation, the lack of a solution to the Kurdish issue and the intolerance of criticism.
2008 Annual Report-Full Text
2008 Annual Report-Press Release
2008 Third Quarterly Report - Full Text
2008 Third Quarterly Report - Press Release
2008 Second Quarterly Report - Press Release
2008 First Quarterly Report - Press Release
2007
Of 254 people tried, 55 were on trial under Article 301; six of them were convicted. 83 people were accused of supporting terrorism, 23 of inciting to hatred and hostility. 34 journalists and 12 media institutions were attacked; Turkey had to pay a total of 123,912 Euros compensation in ECHR cases.
2007 Annual Report-Full Text
2007 Annual Report-Press Release
2007 Third Quarterly Report - Full Text
2007 Third Quarterly Report - Press Release