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.



Hayatın Sesi executives to stand trial

 Three executives of Hayatın Sesi television, which was closed down with an emergency decree in September, will appea...

Journalists in State of Emergency – 66

Executives of the shuttered Hayatın Sesi television appeared before a court o...

Journalists in State of Emergency - 125 

13 journalists receive prison sentences in February, CHP lawmaker highlights in monthly “Rights Violations against th...

Verdict in ‘’Hayatın Sesi’’ trial expected on September 19

Fourth hearing of trial against executives of shuttered TV station Hayatın Sesi held at Istanbul courthouse...

Hayatın Sesi TV executives sentenced to prison terms

Court convicts Mustafa Kara, Gökhan Çetin and İsmail Gökhan Bayram of “terrorism propaganda,” sentencing each t...

Journalists in State of Emergency – 20

On September 28, the Turkish governmen...

Journalists in State of Emergency -- 21

On Oct. 6, Evrensel reporter Cemil Uğur, who was previously taken into custody and released, was put...

Journalists in State of Emergency - 71

Details on accusations against six journalists who reported on energy minister’s e-mails emerge   Details of a...

Journalists in State of Emergency – 74

Arrest warrants issued for 34 ex-TRT employees. Number of imprisoned journalists rises to 166 as Mehmet Çakmakçı sen...

Journalists in State of Emergency - 83

35 journalists in Istanbul sought by police on the grounds that they used chat software used by the group allegedl...

1
Top