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.
Etkin News Agency (ETHA) editor Semiha Şahin was arrested in Istanbul on 13 April 2018 du...
Six journalists arrested in 3 provinces; former responsible managing editor of Evrensel faces 6 years in prison for “...
Semiha Şahin and Pınar Gayıp jailed pending trial; number of journalists in prison rises to at least 165 Etkin ...
Jailed journalist İdris Yılmaz faces new investigation; Evrensel journalist Çağrı Sarı stands trial on “slander...
ETHA editor Semiha Şahin and reporter Pınar Gayıp appear before court for the first time after five months of detent...
Özgürlükçü Demokrasi and ETHA journos appear in court on “terrorism” charges; former publisher, editor of Evre...
Şahin, Gayıp, and their two co-defendants, Ferhat Harun Pehlivan and Gülsen İmre, have been in detention on remand ...
Hasan Cemal faces investigation on “insulting the president charge”; courts rule to keep jailed journalists in Özg...
Jailed journalists Semiha Şahin and Pınar Gayıp remain behind bars; journalist Ayşe Düzkan, actress Nazlı Masatç...
Journalists İshak Karakaş, Lezgin Akdeniz handed down jail terms; jailed journalists Semiha Şahin, Pınar Gayıp, Ha...