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.
French journalist Loup Bureau arrested in Şırnak, two local journalists arrested in Gaziantep. Imprisoned journalist ...
Two released in “coup” case where 13 journalists are on trial On August 18, a Turkish court ruled for ...
Two journalists in Van handed down suspended prison sentences for their 2015 reporting; Sendika.org editor’s house ra...
25 journalists were sentenced on terror charges by an Istanbul court. None of the journalists still in detention were r...
Acar and Ok handed down 5 months in prison for “publicly degrading the judicial bodies of the state” CANSU PİŞ...
The 16th Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals overturns Akkuş’s conviction and orders the journalist’s...
Rejecting other claims in Acar’s application, the Constitutional Court rules that the journalist be paid TL 30,000 in...
Opposition lawmakers Berberoğlu, Güven and Farisoğulları jailed; Supreme Court upholds conviction of journalist Öz...
Supreme Court’s judgment, originally rendered in March, became official on 8 Jun...