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.



37 rights groups call on Turkey to release persons in pre-trial detention

Rights groups urge Council of Judges and Prosecutors to issue clear guidance to local courts that pre-trial detention s...

Rights groups: Free Osman Kavala and all jailed HRDs

Issued on the 900th day of Osman Kavala’s detention, the statement by the Solidarity Network for Human Rights Defende...

Rawin Sterk Yıldız charged with "propaganda," "membership of terrorist group"

Jailed pending trial since March, Rudaw TV reporter Yıldız will appear before a criminal court in Istanbul on 2 Septe...

Journalist Erkan Akkuş jailed pending trial

Akkuş, a former anchor and news director at the now-defunct TV stations Kanaltürk and Bugün TV, is charged with "m...

ECtHR: Nazlı Ilıcak’s detention violated her right to liberty, freedom of expression

Noting that Ilıcak’s writings concerned matters of public interest relating to facts that were already known, the Co...

Kavala remains behind bars as retrial of Gezi and Çarşı defendants resumes

The court once again ruled for the continuation of Osman Kavala’s pre-trial detention by a majority. Next hearing set...

Five journalists detained in 4 cities

Journalist Fırat Can Arslan has been imprisoned pending trial for “marking those involved in the fights against terr...

Journalist Fırat Can Arslan acquitted at first hearing

Arslan was jailed pending trial on 25 July for a social media post about the relocations of a public prosecutor and a j...

European Court: Ayşenur Parıldak’s imprisonment violated right to liberty, freedom of expression

The Strasbourg court orders Turkey to pay Parıldak a sum of 22,000 euros in non-pecuniary damages and costs and expens...

Released journalists: "Detentions are meant to intimidate society and journalists"

MKG Chair Roza Metina says, “In a democratic society, journalists need to be able to practice their profession freely...

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