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.
İdris Sayılğan given 8-year prison sentence; Nazlı Ilıcak convicted of “disclosing classified information crucial to the security of the state”; “insulting the president” case a
The 2nd High Criminal Court of Muş rules to keep Sayılğan behind bars pending the appeal process Jailed journalist İdris Sayılğan, who has been in pre-trial detention
Journalists Reyhan Çapan, Seda Taşkın released from prison; Gazete Karınca publisher indicted for “propaganda”; Ahmet Altan’s lawyer files for his acquittal
General Prosecutor says “coup” charge should be dropped in Altans case; Pelin Ünker, Perihan Mağden, Tunca Öğreten sentenced on “insult” charges; prosecutor gets E
Office of the General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals says Altan brothers and Ilıcak should have been charged with “aiding a terrorist group without being its member”
Court convicts the journalist of “libel” and “insult” in case filed by lawyers representing Parliament Speaker and former PM Binali Yıldırım and his
The former responsible managing editor of the shuttered daily Zaman has been in pre-trial detention for 10 months Harun Çümen, the former res
Hasan Cemal appears in court for 2015 article; indictment seeks up to 15 years imprisonment for reporter Esra Solin Dal; jailed journalist İdris Yılmaz given 6-year prison term
The petition urges the top court to render its judgment concerning the individual application filed on behalf of Altan in November 2016 without further delay The lawy