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.
Arrest orders for 34 media workers issued; eight former TRT workers formally arrested On July 21, arrest warra...
Regulation bringing online broadcasting under RTÜK control goes into effect; academic Tuna Altınel released at first ...
New indictment accuses journalists Uludağ and Akça of “disclosing identities of informants”; Parliament passes ea...
Evrensel journalists called in for questioning over Ragıp Zarakolu’s article; HSK launches investigation against two...
Journalist Rojhat Doğru jailed; Cumhuriyet, BirGün newspapers imposed public ad ban; radio host Nihat Sırdar given b...
Çakırözer says press freedom has always been problematic in Turkey and the situation hasn’t really changed after t...
The Radio and Television Supreme Council, a constitutional body that monitors radio and TV broadcasting and on-demand m...
Opposition lawmakers Berberoğlu, Güven and Farisoğulları jailed; Supreme Court upholds conviction of journalist Öz...
Four HRDs handed down prison sentences in “Büyükada trial”; T24’s Doğan Akın acquitted of “aiding a terrori...
Journalist Aziz Oruç ordered to remain behind bars; Parliament’s Justice Commission approves AKP’s social media dr...