Award From Europe for the “Press Freedom in Turkey“ Report

Marc Pierini, the former Ambassador of European Union to Turkey, received the International Publication of the Year Award in the Prospect Think Tank of the Year Awards Ceremony for his report titled “Press Freedom in Turkey”. For the last year, Pierini has been working as a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe with the support of Open Society Foundation (Turkey), where his research focuses on developments in Turkey from a European perspective. One of the focal points of his research was to evaluate the situation of press freedom in Turkey. Marc Pierini worked with Marcus Mayr to present his comprehensive analysis in the report “Press Freedom in Turkey”

The Prospect Think Tank of the Year Awards were founded in 2001 by The Prospect Magazine, which is Britain’s leading monthly current affairs magazine. They are an annual celebration of the important and influential work done by think tanks across the globe. The awards aim to give credit to the most original, influential and rigorous work on the most pressing challenges facing people, governments and businesses.

Please click to access Marc Pierini’s report on “Press Freedom in Turkey”.