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.
Özgür Gelecek reporter Taylan Özgür Öztaş arrested in house raid, ETHA reporter Tunahan Turhan arrested while ...
At least nine journalists in four provinces arrested while covering protests against government-appointed trustees; wri...
Academic Cenk Yiğiter’s sentence upheld; prosecutor seeks conviction for journalist Arif Aslan; Evrensel’s Görkem...
Printing house of local newspaper set on fire; Gezi and Çarşı trials merged; media outlets receiving grants targeted...
Gezi trial, merged with retrial of 35 Beşiktaş fans, adjourned until October; Ahmet Kanbal to stand trial over social...
Sedef Kabaş convicted of “insulting the president”, released from prison; journalist Sultan Eylem Keleş given pri...