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.
Ozan Kaplanoğlu sentenced; new arrest warrant for Can Dündar; ECtHR rules Ali Bulaç's detention violated right to li...
Deputy minister files 3 lawsuits against BirGün, Evrensel and Cumhuriyet; five journalists sentenced in Antalya; inves...
Journalist İbrahim Haskoloğlu imprisoned; the final hearing of Gezi trial adjourned until Monday; İHD Co-Chair Özt...
Parliament passes the “disinformation” bill; Faruk Eren and Furkan Karabay sentenced to imprisonment; Barış Barı...
9 journalists imprisoned on "terrorism" charges; call for lawsuit against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu as per the “disinfor...
Prosecutors dismiss investigation against journalists under “disinformation” law; former Cumhuriyet employees fined...
Journalist Murat Verim imprisoned after being deported by Greece; journalist scolded, pushed away after asking questio...
Journalist Görkem Kınacı acquitted; Supreme Court of Appeals reverses Enis Berberoğlu and Erdem Gül judgment; grap...
Tele 1 TV’s Merdan Yanardağ jailed pending trial; poet Ahmet Telli given 10-month prison sentence; former Cumhuriyet...
Supreme Court prosecutor requests upholding of sentences of Gezi defendants excluding Mücella Yapıcı; 15 journalists...