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.



Online panel | The strike at Sputnik Turkey

Günce Nur İnce and Nejdet Eksilmez, who are among journalists laid off by Sputnik Turkey, and İlyas Coşkun from TGS...

ANALYSIS | Strike at Sputnik Turkey in its 3rd month: Don’t let "We’re strong together" be an empty slogan

TGS Union Organizer İlyas Coşkun: “We need to internalize the fact that the struggle for the economic and social ri...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey - 430

Hakan Yalçın released after four days in custody; Osman Çaklı, reporter at Akbelen protests, summoned to give state...

Journalists in State of Emergency – 10

On Aug. 16, four individuals including former Zaman columnist Ali Ünal were arrested in the investigation into the Jul...

Journalists in State of Emergency - 60

On May 5, a court ruled to arrest Etkin News Agency (ETHA) translator Meşale Tolu Kartal and ETHA reporter Ömer U...

Journalists in State of Emergency - 94

Hamza Yalçın, who was arrested a month ago in Barcelona on Turkey’s request, was released on probation   ...

Journalists in State of Emergency - 106

ETHA reporter Meşale Tolu released, while Berberoğlu, Dündar and Gül face up to 15 years in jail in MIT trucks ...

Journalists in State of Emergency -- 35

Five journalists and one newspaper employee detained purportedly over reports on hacked emails of Turkish energy m...

Journalists in State of Emergency - 41

Number of journalists in prison stays at 151 with one release and one new arrest ...

Journalists in State of Emergency - 145

Mezopotamya agency reporter Berzan Güneş jailed; custody period for Ece Sevim Öztürk extended; 7 journalists indict...

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