# Turkish presidency reintroduces press card controls that court found restrictive

Committee to Protect Journalists, 2021-06-09

- Address: https://cpj.org/2021/06/turkish-presidency-press-card-controls-court-found-restrictive/
- Kind: reference
- Last checked: 2026-09-23
- Archived copy: none yet

## Cited by

- [Turkiye: the presidency's press card system is found restrictive by the country's top administrative court](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2021-turkiye-press-card-controls-restrictive)
- [Claim 502: A journalists' union chair said about 300 journalists were awaiting a decision on their card reapplications.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/502)
- [Claim 503: The presidency said the rules were strengthened to stop people it accused of terrorism propaganda from holding a press card.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/503)
- [Claim 566: Turkiye's Council of State suspended the 2018 press card regulations, finding their grounds for denial too broad.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/566)

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