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.
Ahmet Altan released after more than 4.5 years behind bars; ECtHR issues long-awaited Ahmet Altan and Murat Aksoy judgments; former Zaman columnists Alpay, Bulaç, Türköne appear in court for retrial
Çandar and Işıktaş are on trial for allegedly “praising crime and criminal” for social media posts they shared in 2017
Sayılğan and Kaya, who were detained in February 2020 as they were covering the refugee crisis near the Turkish-Greek border, were accused of "entering a military forbidden zone"
The court also overturned the conviction of Nazlı Ilıcak, who was sentenced to 8 years and 9 months in prison for “aiding a terrorist organization” at the retrial
The Strasbourg Court held that, having regard to its findings under Article 5/1 and Article 10, it was not necessary to separately examine Aksoy’s complaint under Article 18
Ruling to comply with the Supreme Court of Appeals judgment, the trial court decides to issue an arrest warrant for Özdemir, who did not attend the hearing
Noting that there was no indication that Altan’s actions had been part of a plan to overthrow the government, the European Court rules Altan has been unlawfully detained without reasonable suspicion
The second application against Osman Kavala's detention was rejected by the Constitutional Court. The top court's reasoned judgment was almost as if telling Kavala to prove he is not a spy
Ali Ergin Demirhan indicted twice over the same Twitter post; Melis Alphan stands trial over Newroz photo; Oktay Candemir charged with "propaganda"; Beritan Canözer released under judicial control
Court dismisses new case against Sendika.org editor Demirhan, who was sentenced to 1 year, 2 months and 17 days in prison last year for "insulting the president" over the same post