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.
Yeni Yaşam daily’s Editor-in-Chief Ferhat Çelik, Responsible Editor Aydın Keser and Yeniçağ columnist Murat Ağırel jailed one day after being released
Özgentürk was accused of “systematically making propaganda for a terrorist organization” through her social media posts
Court rules to merge new indictment against Barış İnce on the charge of “terrorist group membership” with ongoing case
Yıldız, who was taken into custody while covering the refugee crisis in Edirne, jailed on the charge of “spreading terrorism propaganda”
Terkoğlu and Kılınç are accused of “obtaining and disclosing documents and information concerning the MIT’s duties and operations” over a news report dated 3 March
Nine journalists arrested while covering the refugee crisis in Edirne have been released, three journos detained on 29 February remain in custody as of 4 March
Mezopotamya news agency reporter Sayılğan was sent to prison on 2 March on grounds that he “violated judicial control measures”
Constitutional Court rejects other claims in Kılıç’s application but rules that the jailed journalist be paid TL 25,000 in compensation for his re-arrest
Dursunoğlu, the chief editor of the news portal Yakın Doğu Haber, accused of “incitement to hatred and animosity” over his social media posts
Former Zaman journalist Kabakcı sentenced to 6 years and 3 months for “membership of a terrorist group,” acquitted of “violating the confidentiality of an investigation”