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.



Court "erroneously" orders access to bianet's website to be blocked

The Ankara court rules to block access to 135 web sources, including Gazete Fersude, ETHA and website monitoring Gezi t...

Social media "censorship" bill introduced in Parliament

Tabled by ruling party AKP and ally MHP, the controversial legislation forces social media companies to appoint legal r...

Free speech to be further curbed through social media law

Opposition lawmakers Gergerlioğlu and Çakırözer warn that the restrictions on social media will pose a profound obs...

ANALYSIS |Twitter might become inaccessible in Turkey as heftier penalty looms

Experts think free VPN services will fall short of providing access to Twitter, expected to be rendered inaccessible du...

ANALYSIS | Fight against disinformation or the last link in the censorship mechanism

A new social media bill being drafted by the government against disinformation, expected to be brought to Parliament in...

ANALYSIS | "Battle for truth" officially under way in Turkey

With the “disinformation” law entering in force, there is concern that not only journalists but also ordinary citiz...

ONLINE PANEL: Content removals put the fate of news archives on the line

Journalist Çağrı Sarı, RSF Turkey representative Erol Önderoğlu and academic Yaman Akdeniz discuss Internet censo...

JOINT STATEMENT: Increase in press freedom violations poses threat to fundamental human rights

Forty-two press freedom groups, media outlets and civil society organizations including P24, have issued a joint statem...

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