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.
13 free expression organizations warn of violations in opinions submitted in journalists applications before the ...
Government tells ECtHR that Constitutional Court rulings are “final” concerning imprisoned journalists Mehmet Altan...
Strasbourg-based court announces date of upcoming verdict for the first time The European Court of Human Rights (ECt...
Lawyers Ergin Cinmen and Figen Çalıkuşu call for Altan’s immediate release after the European court finds his righ...
Istanbul court says request for imprisoned journalist’s release should go to appellate courts The Istanbul 26th Hi...
Taş’s application concerned the criminal proceedings against him for “denigrating the Republic of Turkey” on acc...
Altan’s individual application has been pending before the European Court of Human Rights since January 2017. Altan h...
Joint statement expresses concern that “retrial forms yet another phase of the systematic judicial harassment of jour...
Turkey rated second worst after Russia in implementing European Court of Human Rights judgments, according to annual re...
Prosecutor appeals verdicts in Gezi Park trial, seeks re-arrest of Osman Kavala; journalist Fatih Portakal faces compla...