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.
May 3 was International World Press Freedom day, which was marked in a particularly poignant atmosphere this year in Tu...
Columnist and publications coordinator Kadri Gürsel released in Cumhuriyet trial Journalist Kadri Gürse...
14 members of the newspaper’s staff, including Murat Sabuncu, Ahmet Şık and Kadri Gürsel face prison terms of up t...
All final defense statements completed on the first day of the eighth hearing The final hearing in the Cumhuriyet tr...
14 columnists and executives of the paper handed down prison sentences varying between 2.5 years and 8 years, 1 month a...
28 NGOs focusing on freedom of expression and human rights condemn guilty verdicts for 14 columnists and executives of ...
Verdict means eight of the 14 convicted defendants will return to prison to serve their remaining sentences ...
Indictment seeks aggravated life sentences for Osman Kavala, Can Dündar, Memet Ali Alabora and 13 others for involveme...
Lawyers of 8 defendants in Cumhuriyet newspaper trial to appeal to the trial court, requesting a delay of the execution...