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.
Although Article 7/2 of Turkey’s Anti-Terror Law is one of the most critical problems for press freedom and freedom o...
Although government claims that bill is aimed at protecting detainees from Covid-19 outbreak, journalists and other pol...
Government’s latest judicial reform package confirms that “thought is the most serious crime” as journalists, pol...
The ambiguity and exceptionality of the TMK and these features' clear reflections on criminal law facilitates interfere...
Uludağ was on trial for criticizing former Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's visit to President Erdoğan in a social me...
Avşar and Önemli are on trial for disclosing the name of the prosecutor who issued the Sözcü newspaper indictment i...
Cumhuriyet reporter Avşar and Sözcü responsible editor Önemli were charged with “marking a public official involv...
Ali Ergin Demirhan indicted twice over the same Twitter post; Melis Alphan stands trial over Newroz photo; Oktay Candem...
ECtHR judgments against Turkey that found violations of freedom of expression, many of which have not been implemented ...
Söğütlü is on trial for a Twitter post about Judge Akın Gürlek. Court is expected to issue its judgment at the ne...