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.
BİK considers its function of distributing public ads to newspapers, which should be carried out within the scope of the relevant law, based on whether they criticize the government or not
Mehmet Baransu sentenced to 17 years on 4 charges; MA reporter Dindar Karataş jailed, Hakan Yalçın arrested; journalists Davut Uçar, Kesire Önel taken into custody
Ankara-based Mezopotamya news agency reporter Hakan Yalçın taken into custody one day after Van-based reporter Dindar Karataş’s imprisonment on terror charges
The court panel rejected the request to lift the judicial control measures imposed on the defendants and adjourned the trial until 4 March 2021
No matter how strong, a judgment finding violations of the right to liberty and freedom of expression that is rendered without determining the motive behind these violations is deficient
The European Court rules by a majority that Şık’s pre-trial detention as part of the “Cumhuriyet trial” violated his freedom of expression, with a dissenting opinion by the Turkish Judge
Former Taraf reporter Mehmet Baransu sentenced to a combined prison term of 17 years and 1 month on four different charges under the Turkish Penal Code and the MİT Law
The European Court of Human Rights' Cumhuriyet judgment has shown the gap between its standards and the Turkish judicial bodies’ approach regarding rights and freedoms
JinNews Kurdish editor Roza Metina arrested; 5 journalists to stand trial for covering 2019 demonstration in Mardin; BirGün journalists acquitted of “insulting public official”
Ruling to wait for another case file against Boğatekin to be sent over to be merged with the ongoing case, the court adjourned the trial until 22 December