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.
Penalties imposed on opposition media outlets not only restrict the right to information enshrined in the Constitution,...
Journalists Faruk Bostan, Bülent Karagöz jailed; prosecutor issues new indictment against Osman Kavala; reporter Seld...
Four journalists jailed in Van released at first hearing; columnist Nagehan Alçı fined for “insulting” judge; act...
Printing house of local newspaper set on fire; Gezi and Çarşı trials merged; media outlets receiving grants targeted...
Beritan Canözer taken into custody; İbrahim Karakaş sentenced to 9 years in prison; Hikmet Tunç handed down 8-month...
Jailed journalists Özkan Erdoğan and Serkan Erdoğan released pending trial; Halkın Nabzı Editor in Chief İshak K...
OSCE calls on Turkey to respect Özgürlükçü Demokrasi’s independence as raid and seizure of newspaper condemned...
Former DİHA reporter Uğur Akgül jailed; Hülya Emeç, her news source given suspended prison terms for “denigratin...
Osman Kavala faces additional “espionage” charge in coup investigation; newspaper terminates Timur Soykan’s contr...
New indictment accuses journalists Uludağ and Akça of “disclosing identities of informants”; Parliament passes ea...