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.
Even though the judgment calls for amendment of Article 299, this provision must be completely abrogated, rather than amended
Prosecutor demands sentence for video activist Oktay İnce; Mehmet Baransu’s request for recusal of judges in “Taraf trial” rejected; journalist Vedat Örüç sentenced for “propaganda”
Court lifts judicial control measures imposed on all five journalists at the third hearing of the case. Next hearing set for 6 January 2022
Baransu and his lawyers demanded that the judges recuse themselves from the case on the grounds that the court has lost its impartiality. Court rejected the request, adjourned the case until November
Doğan Ergün, Sinan Aygül sentenced; Mehmet Altan files case against judges who refused to implement top court’s judgment; new trial against Derya Okatan begins; ANKA reporter threatened by police
The first hearing was held on 13 October at the 4th Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals. The next hearing is set for 21 December
Okatan is on trial for news reports shared on the social media accounts of Etkin News Agency, where she worked as responsible managing editor
The prosecutor, who demanded conviction for Metina for “membership in a terrorist organization,” objected to the court's acquittal judgment
Takva was charged with “membership in a terrorist organization” for covering a demonstration and press statement organized in Van province in January 2021
Şahin is accused based on statements by secret witnesses, phone calls she made with her colleagues and her sources and her flights between Diyarbakır and Istanbul