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.



Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey - 257

Journalist Erkan Akkuş jailed pending trial; journalist Özgür Boğatekin sent to prison over 2015 news coverage; Can...

One more Mezopotamya news agency reporter jailed, another arrested

Ankara-based Mezopotamya news agency reporter Hakan Yalçın taken into custody one day after Van-based reporter Dindar...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey - 276

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

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey - 294

Journalist Deniz Yücel charged with Article 301 in new trial; Baransel Ağca faces investigation; activist Taylan Kula...

Joint statement: International rights groups condemn arrest of journalist Tolga Şardan

P24 and 17 other media freedom, freedom of expression, human rights and journalists’ organizations issue a joint stat...

INTERVIEW | Abdurrahman Gök: "The motive behind my arrest is my Kemal Kurkut photos"

Ahead of his upcoming hearing, P24 contacted Abdurrahman Gök through his lawyer for an interview on the charges again...

INTERVIEW | Fırat Can Arslan: Prison administrations were baffled at the charge

Mezopotamya News Agency reporter Fırat Can Arslan recounts his arrest and the 100 days he spent in solitary confineme...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey - 429

Furkan Karabay imprisoned pending trial; Mehmet Yetim acquitted of “spreading false information;” Selçuk Bayraktar...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey - 421

Tolga Şardan imprisoned pending trial; six journalists under investigation, two of them detained for “spreading fals...

Ahmet Altan

Novelist and former editor-in-chief of Taraf newspape...

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