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.
Çelik, sentenced to 15 months in prison for her remarks on a TV show, risks going to prison unless Constitutional Cour...
Ayşe Çelik was sentenced to 15 months in prison on “terrorism propaganda” charge for her remarks on a TV show ...
Jailed journalist İdris Yılmaz faces new investigation; Evrensel journalist Çağrı Sarı stands trial on “slander...
Two more journalists sent to prison; jailed reporter Mehmet Baransu continues defense statement in latest hearing of Ta...
Convicted in 2017 of “propaganda” over televised comments, Çelik appears in first hearing of her retrial after Con...
Fourth hearing of trial against executives of shuttered TV station Hayatın Sesi held at Istanbul courthouse...
Court rules to issue Red Notice alerts for Can Dündar and İlhan Tanır; appellate court issues reasoned judgment in A...
Prosecution submits final opinion in Sözcü trial; prosecutor seeks conviction for Hasan Cemal on “propaganda” cha...
Three journalists taken into custody in Istanbul; Hasan Cemal handed down sentence over 2015 column; Cansu Pişkin give...
Appellate court acquits the journalist of “aiding a terrorist organization” while sentencing her to 1 year, 11 mon...