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.



Kurdish reporter Şerife Oruç’s detention further extended

ÖZGÜN ÖZÇER   BATMAN - Şerife Oruç, a reporter for Dicle News ...

Journalists in State of Emergency - 109

Journalists Mehmet Altan and Şahin Alpay not released despite Constitutional Court ruling ...

Journalists in State of Emergency - 127

Sabuncu, Şık released pending the conclusion of Cumhuriyet trial; prison sentences handed down to all but one of the ...

Şerife Oruç remains behind bars in 5th hearing

Şerife Oruç in pretrial detention for almost 2 years; Court orders witnesses who testified against Oruç to be brough...

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Özgür Gündem publisher and editor jailed; Court lifts Şahin Alpay’s house arrest, releases 2 journalists from pre...

Şerife Oruç, arrested during release from pretrial detention, freed

Şerife Oruç released from custody after Batman 2nd High Criminal Court lifts arrest warrant against journalist  F...

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ETHA reporter Ali Sönmez Kayar remains behind bars; BirGün daily faces investigation for nightclub shooting coverage...

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İsminaz Temel remains behind bars in second hearing; appellate court upholds sentences given in Özgür Gündem trial;...

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Osman Kavala re-arrested one day after being acquitted in Gezi Park trial Journalist Şirin Kabakcı handed down 6-year...

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Journalists Yıldız and Dükel sentenced; appellate court reverses judgment in Özgürlükçü Demokrasi trial; three ...

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