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.



Journalists arrested in police raids in Diyarbakır, elsewhere

More than 100 people have been arrested in coordinated raids in Diyarbakır and 8 other provinces   Six jour...

20 journalists detained in Diyarbakır-based investigation

Lawyers of the defendants were denied access to the arrest warrants on the ground that the investigation was still ongo...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey – 349

20 journalists arrested in Diyarbakır; Dicle Müftüoğlu released after 4 days in custody; journalist Zübeyde Sarı ...

15 journalists, 1 media worker imprisoned in Diyarbakır

After 8 days in police custody, the journalists have been imprisoned pending trial on the charge of “membership in a ...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey – 350

15 journalists imprisoned in Diyarbakır; journalist İnci Hekimoğlu detained; appellate court upholds Nazlı Ilıcak...

Journalist detained in Diyarbakır asked about interviewee's comments

MA reporter Mehmet Güleş and a search-and-rescue volunteer he interviewed at a wreckage site in Diyarbakır have been...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey - 391

20 journalists charged with “membership in terrorist organization” in new indictment; Alican Uludağ acquitted at f...

10 journalists arrested in Diyarbakır-based operation

At least 128 people, including journalists, artists, politicians and lawyers have been detained in the operation held w...

15 journalists released after 13 months in pre-trial detention

15 Kurdish journalists have appeared in court after 13 months in pre-trial detention and were released under judicial c...

Five journalists detained in 4 cities

Journalist Fırat Can Arslan has been imprisoned pending trial for “marking those involved in the fights against terr...

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