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.



Journalists Müyesser Yıldız and İsmail Dükel taken into custody

Odatv Ankara News Director Yıldız and Tele 1 TV Ankara Bureau Chief Dükel detained as part of an investigation on th...

Journalist Müyesser Yıldız jailed pending trial

Yıldız, in custody since Monday on the allegation of “military espionage,” was jailed on the charge of “Disclo...

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Journalist Müyesser Yıldız jailed pending trial; Supreme Court upholds convictions of 17 journalists; journalist Mev...

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Dozens arrested in operation targeting social media movement; Mümtazer Türköne released; indictment issued against M...

Journalists Müyesser Yıldız and İsmail Dükel appear before court

Yıldız, who was jailed pending trial on “espionage” charge five months ago, released at the first hearing of the ...

Journalists Müyesser Yıldız and İsmail Dükel face new charge

Odatv’s Yıldız and Tele1 TV’s Dükel are charged with “securing confidential information” in a new indictment...

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MA reporter Mehmet Aslan jailed; journalist Ayten Akgün given 11-month sentence; top court rules house arrest violated...

Prosecutor seeks conviction for Müyesser Yıldız and İsmail Dükel

Journalists Yıldız and Dükel and their source are charged with "obtaining and disclosing information that must be ke...

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"Coup" trial against Osman Kavala merged with Gezi trial; journalists İdris Sayılğan and Alican Uludağ sentenced;...

Journalists Yıldız and Dükel sentenced for "disclosing restricted information"

The indictment initially accused all three of “Disclosing information that must be kept confidential for reasons rela...

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