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.
Orhan Erinç is the head of the Cumhuriyet Foundation's Board of Director...
Journalists were on trial for news reports on alleged failure of the authorities to take precautions to prevent the 201...
Trial court insists on not releasing Mehmet Altan even after Constitutional Court judgment is published in Official Gaz...
Former responsible managing editor and publisher of Evrensel fined for “insulting the president”; up to 7.5 years i...
Six journalists arrested in 3 provinces; former responsible managing editor of Evrensel faces 6 years in prison for “...
Jailed journalist İdris Yılmaz faces new investigation; Evrensel journalist Çağrı Sarı stands trial on “slander...
Mezopotamya agency reporter Berzan Güneş jailed; custody period for Ece Sevim Öztürk extended; 7 journalists indict...
Arrest warrant issued for Sendika.Org editor Ali Ergin Demirhan for his social media posts; trial against German-Turkis...
Cumhuriyet reporter Canan Coşkun handed down 2-year sentence; former Radikal and Habertürk TV reporter Mustafa Gökk...
Özgürlükçü Demokrasi and ETHA journos appear in court on “terrorism” charges; former publisher, editor of Evre...