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.
Lawyers of 8 defendants in Cumhuriyet newspaper trial to appeal to the trial court, requesting a delay of the execution...
Güray Öz, Önder Çelik, Musa Kart, Hakan Kara, Mustafa Kemal Güngör and Emre İper begin serving the remainder of ...
May 3 was International World Press Freedom day, which was marked in a particularly poignant atmosphere this year in Tu...
First session in Cumhuriyet case, where executives and columnists are on trial, starts July 24. Two more rights defende...
Seven released in Cumhuriyet trial while five others remain behind bars Seven defendants were released fr...
Imprisoned Cumhuriyet editor-in-chief Murat Sabuncu and reporter Ahmet Şık released on judicial control terms as majo...
14 members of the newspaper’s staff, including Murat Sabuncu, Ahmet Şık and Kadri Gürsel face prison terms of up t...
Police raid Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper’s head office and printing facility in İstanbul; detain publisher, p...
Cumhuriyet daily editor, top executives detained in operation against the oppositional newspaper...