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.



Online panel: Journalists should not refrain from seeking legal action against police brutality

Journalist Beyza Kural, lawyer Meriç Eyüboğlu and trade union representatives Gülfem Karataş and Elif Akgül discu...

Online panel: One in every three female journalists suffers digital violence

TGS executive Banu Tuna, journalists Büşra Cebeci and Neşe İdil discussed digital violence targeting women journali...

ANALYSIS | Violence against journalists during news coverage in light of top court judgments

Violence against journalists is aimed both at preventing incidents from becoming public and silencing the public and al...

Under Attack: A portrait of Turkey on Press Freedom Day

Under Attack, an exhibition documenting the pressure and violence facing journalists, can be viewed until 3 Septembe...

ANALYSIS | At least 24 journalists faced legal action in a year under "disinformation" law

Professor Hasan Sınar asserts that besides containing no measures to prevent the spread of false information, Turkey...

PANEL DISCUSSION | The first year of Turkey’s "disinformation" law

İFÖD lawyer Melike Türkay and RSF Turkey Representative Erol Önderoğlu discuss the effects of the provision public...

ANALYSIS | Same voice throughout Turkey: Local journalism on its deathbed

Closures and mergers due to financial issues, the loss of editorial independence and judicial pressure have brought loc...

PANEL | Expression Interrupted hosts panel on Working Journalists’ Day

Journalists Candan Yıldız, Gülfem Karataş, Çağrı Sarı discuss the rights of journalists that have mostly remain...

Freedom of Expression and the Press Agenda: Trials continue unabated despite drop in number of jailed journalists

At least 210 journalists and media workers stood trial in 123 court cases in the first quarter of 2024. 19 journalists ...

Call from rights organizations to EU: "Prioritize protecting media freedom and human rights in Türkiye"

The undersigned media freedom, human rights and journalists’ groups call on the new European Commission and the new E...

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