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.
Gökmen Ulu, the İzmir correspondent of Sözcü daily, was detained on May 19, 2017, in connection with a news report ...
Authorities issued arrest warrants for owner and three staff members of opposition Sözcü newspaper as part of an inve...
On May 26, an Istanbul court ordered two journalists of the opposition Sözcü da...
The prosecutor requests prison terms between 5 to 10 years for eight newspaper employees on the charge of “aiding a t...
Prosecution submits final opinion in Sözcü trial; prosecutor seeks conviction for Hasan Cemal on “propaganda” cha...
On May 22, former editor-in-chief of the shuttered Nokta magazine, Cevheri Güven, and its responsible managing editor ...
Details on accusations against six journalists who reported on energy minister’s e-mails emerge Details of a...
Sözcü’s Mediha Olgun and Evrensel’s Yusuf Karataş released from prison, bringing number of imprisoned journalist...
Constitutional Court likely to announce a ruling that will set a legal precedent for imprisoned journalists ...
A regional court rules for re-trial in the MIT trucks case; indictment into the Istanbul 10 completed The ...