Expression Interrupted

Journalist Deniz Yücel fined for "insult"

Die Welt reporter Yücel was on trial for a social media post in which he shared a comment about former Istanbul Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor Hasan Yılmaz

Prosecutor demands sentence for four former Cumhuriyet journalists

Reporter Hazal Ocak and editors Serkan Ozan, Olcay Büyüktaş Akça and Ozan Yurtoğlu are charged with “insult” and “libel” over two reports published in January 2021

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Sentences of five journalists in “disclosure of MİT official” case upheld; Nurcan Yalçın taken into custody; Buse Söğütlü acquitted, faces new complaint; Sedef Kabaş files application with top court

Court acquits Buse Söğütlü, files new complaint against journalist

Söğütlü, a reporter for the news portal Gazete Yolculuk, was on trial for a Twitter post in which she commented on a case overseen by Judge Akın Gürlek

Trial against Eren Tutel to continue in May

Tutel, an editor for BirGün daily, is charged with “insulting a public official” for his reports about the Turkish Wushu Federation (TWF) and its executives

CoE Ministers to vote on Osman Kavala case

At this week’s meeting, the Committee of Ministers will vote on its decision to launch infringement proceedings against Turkey for failing to implement the European Court’s Osman Kavala judgment

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