Expression Interrupted

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 Nisanur Yıldırım acquitted

Nisanur Yıldırım, who was on trial for “insulting a public official” over a news report, has been acquitted

Court acquits Esra Solin Dal and Mehmet Aslan, yet sentences Erdoğan Alayumat to prison

The court has sentenced Erdoğan Alayumat to 1 year and 3 months in prison for "terrorism propaganda," and deferred the sentence

Journalist İsmail Arı released after 75 days in detention

The court, which ordered the release of Arı, also accepted the request to gather evidence deemed to be missing. The trial has been adjourned until 9 October

ANALYSIS | Ethical threshold in news about children: Public interest or public curiosity?

Children are often portrayed in the media as either victims or perpetrators. According to experts, ethical journalism requires examining the underlying causes of an incident without stigmatizing the c

JOINT STATEMENT: Rights organizations call for immediate release of journalist İsmail Arı

P24 and 17 other rights organizations have issued a statement calling for the release of journalist İsmail Arı

Travel ban on journalist lifted in case regarding appointment of trustee to CHP Istanbul Provincial Directorate

At the third hearing, following the correction of the flawed indictment, the court has lifted the defendants’ judicial supervision measures and postponed the case until 21 October

Journalist Ercüment Akdeniz acquitted in the case which kept him in jail for 8 months

In his closing argument submitted to the court between hearings, the prosecutor has requested that Akdeniz be punished for the charge of “membership in a terrorist organization”

Alican Uludağ released after 3 months in detention

Taking into account the time Uludağ had spent in prison since his arrest in February, the court has ruled to release the journalist and postpone the case until 18 September

Reyhan Hacıoğlu sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison

The court sentenced Hacıoğlu to 4 years and 2 months in prison not for the crime of “membership in a terrorist organization,” but for the crime of “aiding a terrorist organization”

Court rules to continue defendants' imprisonment in "political espionage" case

The court has ruled to extend the detention of Merdan Yanardağ, Ekrem İmamoğlu, Necati Özkan, and Hüseyin Gün, who are on trial on charges of “political espionage"

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