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 Abdurrahman Gök, who was detained in a house raid launched on 25 April 2023 and imprisoned pending trial on 27 April, has been released pending trial at the end of the second hearing
İsmail Arı acquitted; court rules “no grounds for sentencing” in Zafer Arapkirli’s retrial; President Erdoğan files criminal complaint against journalist Metin Cihan
Ahead of his upcoming hearing, P24 contacted Abdurrahman Gök through his lawyer for an interview on the charges against him in his ongoing trial, his career as a journalist, and his prison conditions
Striking journalists Mehtap Yenidoğan, Sefa Söyler and Nejdet Eksilmez recount the process that led to the strike, their demands and the latest developments
In the retrial of Zafer Arapkirli prosecuted upon Nureddin Yıldız’s complaint, the court has ruled that there were no grounds for sentencing the journalist
Journalist İsmail Arı has been acquitted in the trial where he was charged over his reporting on former Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank's cousin winning a tender
Former Zaman newspaper manager Mehmet Kamış imprisoned pending trial; Hacı Boğatekin given jail term; sentencing requested for Ayça Söylemez at the first hearing; Furkan Karabay sued twice for damages
The retrial was ordered by the Constitutional Court, which held that the deferral of the sentence constituted a violation of Coşkun’s freedom of expression
Closures and mergers due to financial issues, the loss of editorial independence and judicial pressure have brought local journalism in Turkey to the point of extinction
Submitting their final opinion, the prosecutor asks the court to sentence Söylemez for "marking a public official assigned with the fight against terrorism as a target"