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.
Supreme Court says Mehmet Altan should be acquitted while Ahmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak should be charged with “aidi...
Ahmet Altan and his five co-defendants now face trial on lesser, terrorism-related charges, instead of “attempting co...
Joint statement expresses concern that “retrial forms yet another phase of the systematic judicial harassment of jour...
Five defendants convicted of terrorism-related charges as retrial of Altans case concludes; Mehmet Altan acquitted &...
Ahmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak’s political commentary on TV and their articles cited among grounds for conviction ...
Two journalists were arrested in the latest developments in the investigation launched into the July 15 coup attempt; b...
On August 30, detention warrants were issued for 35 journalists as part of the probe launched into the July 15 coup d...