Expression Interrupted

Journalists and academics bear the brunt of the massive crackdown on freedom of expression in Turkey. Scores of them are currently subject to criminal investigations or behind bars. This website is dedicated to tracking the legal process against them.

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Cumhuriyet daily editor, top executives detained in operation against the oppositional newspaper

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Turkish government shuts down 15 media outlets The Turkis

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Number of journalists in prison reaches 133 with the recent arrest of DİHA news agency İdris Sayılgan

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  On Oct. 18, the owner and two employees of Radyo Karacadağ, a Kurdish radio station

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Former Zaman columnists Lale Kemal and Nuriye Akman, who had been in prison since July 30, were

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On Oct. 6, Evrensel reporter Cemil Uğur, who was previously taken into custody and released, was put

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On September 28, the Turkish government

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