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.



Academic Tuna Altınel released after 81 days in prison

Mathematician Altınel, charged with “membership in a terrorist organization” for his role in an event in France, w...

Harun Çümen

Former reporter, responsible editor for Zaman newspape...

Journalists in State of Emergency - 71

Details on accusations against six journalists who reported on energy minister’s e-mails emerge   Details of a...

Journalists in State of Emergency - 113 

Jailed journalists Özkan Erdoğan and Serkan Erdoğan released pending trial; Halkın Nabzı Editor in Chief İshak K...

Journalists in State of Emergency - 117

Journalist Cem Bahtiyar sent to prison over social media posts and news articles; 157 journalists are in prison ac...

Journalists in State of Emergency - 130

Police raid Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper’s head office and printing facility in İstanbul; detain publisher, p...

Journalist Harun Çümen remains behind bars after 1st hearing

The former responsible managing editor of the shuttered daily Zaman has been in pre-trial detention for 10 months Ha...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey - 184

Journalists İshak Karakaş, Lezgin Akdeniz handed down jail terms; jailed journalists Semiha Şahin, Pınar Gayıp, Ha...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey - 192

More press members targeted by assailants; court convicts 7 defendants in “Özgür Gündem trial”; man who shared 2...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey - 195

Journalist Canan Coşkun acquitted, video-activist Kazım Kızıl convicted of “insulting the president” charge; ja...

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