According to a study by the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, Turkey accounts for 89% of arrests and detentions of journalists in Europe.

Omissions

• Only a single independent secondary source (Stockholm Center for Freedom, citing the monitoring report) was found; no primary ECPMF publication with the exact '89%' figure could be retrieved within the search limit.
• The 89% share (42 of 47 monitored cases) appears in a specific report cycle, not necessarily in a study contemporaneous with the September 2026 session; describing it as 'the last/latest study' may overstate how current the data is.
• The metric in the source is broader than the claim ('arrest, detention and imprisonment cases monitored in Europe'), whereas the MEP cited only 'arrests and detentions'; the scope is close but not identical.

Sources

• SecondaryStockholm Center for FreedomTitle: 'Turkey accounted for nearly 90 pct of journalist arrest, detention and imprisonment cases monitored in Europe: report'. Article states: 'Forty-two of the cases, or 89 percent, were recorded in Turkey', referring to journalist arrest, detention and imprisonment cases monitored in Europe under an EU-co-funded press-freedom initiative.