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.
Former Samanyolu executive Hidayet Karaca given aggravated life sentence, DİHA editor fined, new arrest warrant issued...
Two journalists convicted of "insulting the president"; journalist İbrahim Karakaş jailed; court overturns acquittals...
Journalist Sinan Aygül suffers violent attack; 2 journalists released from prison; European Court rules detention of j...
On August 30, detention warrants were issued for 35 journalists as part of the probe launched into the July 15 coup d...
On Sept. 6, two distributors of Turkey’s only Kurdish-language daily, Azadiya Welat, whose 24 employees were...
Journalist and writer Ahmet Altan and his brother Mehmet Altan, a professor of economics, were...
Academic Mehmet Altan, who was kept in detention for 12 days on charges of having given televised “subliminal pro-cou...