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.
Takva is charged with “violating the Law on Demonstrations” and “membership in a terrorist organization” for co...
Ozan Kaplanoğlu sentenced; new arrest warrant for Can Dündar; ECtHR rules Ali Bulaç's detention violated right to li...
Takva was charged with “membership in a terrorist organization” for covering a demonstration and press statement or...
Doğan Ergün, Sinan Aygül sentenced; Mehmet Altan files case against judges who refused to implement top court’s ju...
20 journalists charged with “membership in terrorist organization” in new indictment; Alican Uludağ acquitted at f...
Mustafa Mert Bildircin sentenced for “insulting the president;” Furkan Karabay given judicial fine; Ferhat Çelik d...
Top court finds rights violations in 2 applications filed by journalists; fines handed to 3 police officers who detaine...
Journalist Ruşen Takva has been acquitted of “spreading false information,” commonly known as the "disinformation ...
Ruşen Takva acquitted; international travel ban on Furkan Karabay and Faruk Eren; court recuses itself in the Ergin Ç...