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.



"Saturday Mothers trial": Requests for recusal of judge rejected

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales and ARTICLE 19 submit expert opinion on international human rights ...

Journalist Nazan Özcan appears before court

Journalist Nazan Özcan standing trial upon a complaint by President Erdoğan’s former lawyer Mustafa Doğan İnal ha...

EXPERT OPINION: TÜGVA documents case against Metin Cihan

Expert opinion prepared by lawyer Benan Molu states that the trial and conviction of Cihan could constitute a violation...

EXPERT OPINION: "Denigrating religious values" case against Baransel Ağca

In the expert opinion prepared by lawyer Benan Molu, Ağca’s trial is examined in the light of international and Eur...

EXPERT OPINION | "Marking a public official assigned with the fight against terrorism as a target" case against Fırat Can Arslan

In the expert opinion prepared by lawyer Benan Molu, the case filed against journalist Fırat Can Arslan is examined wi...

"Missing ballot box" case: Journalist Ahmet Kanbal acquitted

P24 prepared a third-party legal opinion on the case against Ahmet Kanbal, who was on trial for allegedly “spreading...

EXPERT OPINION | "Publicly disseminating misleading information" case against Ahmet Kanbal

Penned by lawyer Benan Molu, the third-party legal opinion examines the case against journalist Ahmet Kanbal within the...

EXPERT OPINION | Case against Deniz Nazlım on charge of "violating the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations"

The third-party legal opinion, penned by lawyer Benan Molu and prepared at the request of journalist Deniz Nazlım’s...

EXPERT OPINION | "Marking officials as targets" and "insulting a public official" case against Furkan Karabay

The expert opinion filed by attorney-at-law Benan Molu examines the case against journalist Furkan Karabay in the frame...

EXPERT OPINION | "Spreading false information" and "denigrating judicial organs" case against Tolga Şardan

The expert opinion prepared by lawyer Benan Molu examines the case against journalist Tolga Şardan within the framewor...

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