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.



Rights groups: Re-arrest of Ahmet Altan arbitrary, cruel 

Twenty-five international rights groups and freedom of expression organizations have issued a joint statement concerni...

Ahmet Altan

Novelist and former editor-in-chief of Taraf newspape...

Cihan Acar

Reporter for Bugün dail...

Şahin Alpay

Political scientist, columnist for shuttered Zaman newspape...

Orhan Erinç

Orhan Erinç is the head of the Cumhuriyet Foundation's Board of Director...

Atilla Taş

Singer, former columnist for Meydan dail...

Osman Kavala

Osman Kaval...

Fevzi Yazıcı

Former design director of Zaman newspape...

Journalists in State of Emergency - 77

First session in Cumhuriyet case, where executives and columnists are on trial, starts July 24. Two more rights defende...

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