The Foreign Policy Centre is organizing an event titled "Press and media freedom in Turkey" on Wednesday 17 at 6pm. The event will explore some of the key media issues in Turkey today, including arrest and imprisonment of journalists, political pressure on media outlets, and on going challenges for Kurdish media.

The event will also discuss current attempts at media reform, with the fourth judicial package and constitutional change. Speakers: Ugur Dundar, Turkish journalist; Rt Hon Ann Clwyd MP, APPG Human Rights, Ben Ward, Human Rights Watch; and more.
Venue: Committee Room 12, House of Commons, Westminster, SW1A 0AA. The event is free and open to all.