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.



Prosecutor seeks conviction for four defendants in "Taraf trial"

The prosecutor demanded that jailed reporter Mehmet Baransu be sentenced for three charges and Ahmet Altan, Yasemin Ço...

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Prosecutor seeks conviction for four journalists in “Taraf trial”; Abdurrahman Gök’s trial resumes; Alican Uluda...

"Taraf trial" resumes; court rejects requests for recusal of judges

Baransu and his lawyers demanded that the judges recuse themselves from the case on the grounds that the court has lost...

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Prosecutor demands sentence for video activist Oktay İnce; Mehmet Baransu’s request for recusal of judges in “Tara...

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Journalist Sinan Aygül handed down one more sentence; “Taraf trial” adjourned again; Sibel Hürtaş appears in cou...

"Taraf trial" adjourned until March

Recusal motion filed by Mehmet Baransu and his lawyers rejected. Lawyers representing Altan, Çongar and Oğur make fin...

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Sedef Kabaş jailed, Can Uğur detained for “insulting president”; Baransu remains behind bars in Taraf trial; Abdu...

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Journalists Mehmet Baransu, Yasemin Çongar, Ahmet Altan and Yıldıray Oğur sentenced to a total of 26 years in Taraf...

Former Taraf journalists sentenced to 23 years in prison

Court sentenced jailed reporter Mehmet Baransu to 13 years in prison; former executives Ahmet Altan, Yasemin Çongar an...

Verdicts of conviction in Taraf trial taken to court of appeal

Journalists Ahmet Altan, Yasemin Çongar, Yıldıray Oğur and Mehmet Baransu were sentenced to a total of 23 years in ...

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