Expression Interrupted

ANALYSIS | RTÜK: From regulatory body to censorship authority

RTÜK has a decisive influence on the public's right to information. Its founding purpose of “ensuring freedom of broadcasting” seems to have been replaced by a regulatory approach

Court decides to maintain international travel ban in journalist Yıldız Tar's case

The trial of journalist Yıldız Tar, who is charged with “membership in a terrorist organization” as part of the HDK investigation, has been adjourned until 23 February 2026

Journalist Rahime Karvar's case merged with the HDK case

In their final opinion on the case, the prosecutor requested that Karvar be punished for the crime of “membership in a terrorist organization”

Trial of Reyhan Hacıoğlu adjourned until January

Velat Ekin, who was jailed alongside Hacıoğlu as part of the same investigation and was granted release and acquittal at the first hearing in his trial, will testify as a witness

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey – 522

An investigation has been launched against BirGün editor Kayhan Ayhan; Melisa Gülbaş ordered to pay fine; new indictment filed with request for merger against Abdurrahman Gök

The Aram Publishing House case begins: The file has been sent to the prosecutor's office for final opinion

Aram Publishing House's owner Hakkı Boltan and its employee Delil Zengeralp have appeared before the judge on the charge of “terrorism propaganda”

Journalist Melisa Gülbaş fined for "insulting a public official"

The court imposed a fine of TL 7,080 on Gülbaş, citing the manner in which the crime was committed, the importance and value of the subject matter of the crime, and that deferred the sentence

New indictment with merger request filed against journalist Abdurrahman Gök

The indictment, accepted by the Diyarbakır 5th High Criminal Court, was merged with the case in which Gök is being tried for “membership in a terrorist organization” and “terrorism propaganda"

ANALYSIS | The Ayşe Barım trial in terms of freedom of expression: A case where silence was turned into a crime

Case in which Ayşe Barım was released only to have an arrest warrant issued against her next day following an appeal raises questions about shrinking boundaries of freedom of expression

Nurcan Yalçın's case adjourned: Court does not lift travel ban

The next hearing in the case of journalist Yalçın, who is being retried on charges of “financing terrorism” and “membership in a terrorist organization,” will be held on 3 March 2026

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