Kristenn Einarsson, Chair of the IPA’s Freedom to Publish Committee said: Our Turkish colleagues have long been inspirational in standing up for the freedom to publish and the freedom of expression. The recently reported arrests and threats to freedom of expression and the freedom of peaceful assembly deserve our international support. We stand with all our Turkish colleagues.

You can read the statement by the Turkish Publishers Association here.

You can read a report on a joint statement by Turkish creative industry organisations here.