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.
Journalist Erkan Akkuş jailed pending trial; journalist Özgür Boğatekin sent to prison over 2015 news coverage; Can Ataklı accused of “insulting the president”; RTÜK fines Tele 1 over Evrensel video
Akkuş, a former anchor and news director at the now-defunct TV stations Kanaltürk and Bugün TV, is charged with "membership of a terrorist organization"
RTÜK fines five TV channels; journalist Şaban Önen assaulted by relatives of local mayor; access to dozens of online content blocked in a week; journalist Hakan Aygün arrested twice over same post
Newspaper owner in Batman faces charges over reports on sexual assault incident; new Covid-19 cases reported in prisons but no official data released for weeks