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 warrants issued for 34 ex-TRT employees. Number of imprisoned journalists rises to 166 as Mehmet Çakmakçı sen...
Prosecutor seeks up to 15 years for journalist Meşale Tolu, a German passport holder An indictment charging M...
ETHA correspondent Adil Demirci jailed pending trial on “membership in terrorist organization” and “propaganda”...
Cumhuriyet Foundation’s new board replaces newspaper’s editor-in-chief, managing editor; Prosecutor seeks yet anoth...
Özgürlükçü Demokrasi and ETHA journos appear in court on “terrorism” charges; former publisher, editor of Evre...
İsminaz Temel remains behind bars in second hearing; appellate court upholds sentences given in Özgür Gündem trial;...
Hasan Cemal faces investigation on “insulting the president charge”; courts rule to keep jailed journalists in Özg...
Atilla Taş released on probation; Fatih Polat appears in court on “insulting the president” charge; Bülent Şık...
Journalist Yasin Kobulan given 18-month prison sentence on “propaganda” charge; Evrensel journalists appear in cour...
An expert opinion concerning the trial, penned by the British freedom of expression advocacy organization Article 19, s...