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.
Arrest warrant issued for Sendika.Org editor Ali Ergin Demirhan for his social media posts; trial against German-Turkis...
Trial of Taraf executives and reporter Baransu adjourned until January; Karşı newspaper trial gets under way; Ece Sev...
Court rules at the end of three-day hearing to keep Eren Erdem, a former main opposition CHP MP, and Karşı newspaper...
General Prosecutor says “coup” charge should be dropped in Altans case; Pelin Ünker, Perihan Mağden, Tunca Öğr...
İdris Sayılğan given 8-year prison sentence; Nazlı Ilıcak convicted of “disclosing classified information crucia...
Court overseeing Karşı newspaper trial convicts Erdem of “aiding a terrorist group without being its member” and ...
Eren Erdem and Turan Ababey sentenced to 4 years in prison in Karşı newspaper trial; Pelin Ünker and Orhan Erinç or...
Regulation bringing online broadcasting under RTÜK control goes into effect; academic Tuna Altınel released at first ...
Prosecutor seeks higher than minimum sentences in retrial of Altans case; Mümtazer Türköne fined over 2014 article; ...
Ruling that Erdem was unlawfully detained as part of the Karşı newspaper trial, the Constitutional Court orders payme...