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.
Jailed pending trial since March, Rudaw TV reporter Yıldız will appear before a criminal court in Istanbul on 2 Septe...
Akkuş, a former anchor and news director at the now-defunct TV stations Kanaltürk and Bugün TV, is charged with "m...
Court rules to send Yıldız’s file to Istanbul 3rd High Criminal Court to be merged with the ongoing “KCK Press Tr...
Aslan and Keleş are charged with “membership of a terrorist organization” for taking photographs of the barriers p...
Eren Keskin, İnan Kızılkaya and Kemal Sancılı handed down 6 years and 3 months each for "being a member of a terro...
Best known for his photographs of Kemal Kurkut’s murder during 2017’s Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır, Gök is c...
Court panel writes in the judgment against Eren Keskin, Zana Kaya, İnan Kızılkaya and Kemal Sancılı that the defen...
Takva is charged with “violating the Law on Demonstrations” and “membership in a terrorist organization” for co...
Tolu, a German citizen, remained behind bars with her toddler son for over seven months in 2017 as part of this case. C...
Takva was charged with “membership in a terrorist organization” for covering a demonstration and press statement or...