The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and its affiliate the Journalists’ Union Of Turkey (TGS) joined the MFRR coalition, the International Press Institute (IPI), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and other press freedom and human rights organizations in expressing concern over the denial of accreditation to Turkish journalists hoping to cover NATO’s summit in Ankara, Turkey on July 7-8.

Dozens of Turkish journalists ‌have been denied accreditation for a NATO summit in the Turkish capital Ankara next month, media outlets and journalist associations said on Thursday, with NATO saying it relied on Turkey for guidance about journalists. Independent outlets including Cumhuriyet, Sozcu, Anka, T24 and Medyascope reported denied applications.

The press freedom and human rights organizations sent a joint letter to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte saying the accreditation denials were “a direct limitation on publicly available information and a deprivation of independent perspectives from Türkiye – for both the Turkish public and the international community.”

The signatories called on NATO to reconsider the rejections and restore accreditation to outlets that meet NATO’s own eligibility criteria, including the requirement for editorial independence.

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