Freedom of Information (FoI) in Türkiye: Challenges and Strategic Recommendations

As part of its ongoing project investigating the status of freedom of information (FoI) in Türkiye, the International Press Institute (IPI) launched the IPI FoI Platform to gather data on how responsive the Turkish institutions are to FoI requests. This report examines the platform’s submissions, as well as feedback from users, and reveals recurrent shortcomings affecting the right to FoI. Out of 290 FoI requests submitted to the portal since January 2025, 166 received responses, yet only 10% of them qualified as “comprehensive” and “including all requested information.” Of the requests that were rejected (69 in total; 55 still pending), the most common justifications provided were “published or publicly disclosed information and documents,” “requests requiring separate or special work,” and “practices not concerning the public.”