İfade Özgürlüğü Derneği (İFÖD) conducted online capacity building programs entitled “Freedom of Expression for Young Lawyers” between the 2-9 November 2020 under the support of Swedish Consulate General Fund. The programs were carried out consecutively with 79 young lawyers from 30 different cities in order to raise their awareness on the international standards of freedom of expression together with the practices in Turkey and to improve their legal skills in these fields.
At the end of the November 2020 program session, an online panel entitled “Freedom of Expression and Social Media” was organized and moderated by Yaman Akdeniz. The panelists were Banu Güven (Journalist), Atilla Taş (Singer, Phenomenon) and Kültigin K. Akbulut (Speak Up Platform) who experienced investigation, prosecution and threats many times due to their ideas, speeches, posts, gender and so forth on social media. The panel was also live-streamed from the YouTube account of the Association for reaching more people.