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.
Erdoğan Alayumat, a reporter for the shuttered Dicle Media News Agency (Dihaber), was taken into custody on July 14, 2...
Arrest warrants issued for 34 ex-TRT employees. Number of imprisoned journalists rises to 166 as Mehmet Çakmakçı sen...
Number of imprisoned journalists reaches 168 with two recent arrests; Cumhuriyet trial continues into fifth day ...
Constitutional Court likely to announce a ruling that will set a legal precedent for imprisoned journalists ...
Dihaber reporter Alayumat has been in prison for more than 6 months. He and his younger colleague Akman, who was rele...
“KCK press trial” adjourned again; 18 defendants separated from “Zaman trial” make final defense statements; at...
Çiğdem Toker faces lawsuit seeking TL 1.5 mln in damages; indictment issued for Özgürlükçü Demokrasi employees; ...
Court rules to issue Red Notice alerts for Can Dündar and İlhan Tanır; appellate court issues reasoned judgment in A...
Eren Erdem and Turan Ababey sentenced to 4 years in prison in Karşı newspaper trial; Pelin Ünker and Orhan Erinç or...
Academic writer Fikret Başkaya detained; 153 journalists behind bars after latest releases ...