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.
Trial will be a test case to reveal whether the reform is really an attempt to free expression, lawyer Çalıkuşu says in petition to court L
The trial of nine Sözcü staffers on the charge of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member” to resume in December CANSU PİŞKİN, ISTANBUL
Journalist Emre Orman jailed pending trial over his social media posts; former responsible managing editor of Yeni Yaşam newspaper handed down jail term on “propaganda” charge; at leas
Journalist Tuğba Özer ordered to pay compensation for news report; jailed journalist İdris Yılmaz sentenced to 6 years and 3 months; actor Orhan Aydın handed down jail term for “insult
Joint statement expresses concern that “retrial forms yet another phase of the systematic judicial harassment of journalists” Twenty-two human
30 students are charged with “propaganda” for protesting against students who distributed Turkish delights on campus in support of Turkey’s 2018 military operation on Afrin
At least 121 taken into custody over social media posts about Turkey’s military operation in Syria; trial court rules to abide by Supreme Court ruling in Altans case; Supreme Co
Court refuses to release Osman Kavala, the only jailed defendant in the case, who has been behind bars for the past 2 years CANSU PİŞKİN, ISTANBUL
19 free speech organizations issue joint statement after latest hearing in Gezi trial, condemn decision against Kavala's release A group of freedom of expression and me
Ahmet Altan and his five co-defendants now face trial on lesser, terrorism-related charges, instead of “attempting coup” ÖZGÜN ÖZÇER, İstanbul