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.



Sibel Yükler, Deniz Nazlım and Yıldız Tar stand trial for "violating Law no. 2911"

Expert opinion prepared by P24 submitted to court by Deniz Nazlım's lawyer at the hearing. Ruling for further investig...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey - 431

Top court annuls article allowing for access block decisions; three journalists acquitted in four cases; Furkan Karabay...

Witness in trial of journalists Nazlım, Tar, Yükler: "The way they were detained resembled preparation for strappado"

After hearing defense statements by Deniz Nazlım, Yıldız Tar and Sibel Yükler, court ruled to issue a writ to the A...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey – 446

Three of nine detained journalists imprisoned pending trial; AKP files action against Cumhuriyet newspaper and Müjdat ...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey - 467

Murat Verim sent to prison; access to Medyaradar blocked; lawsuit against Furkan Karabay over “insulting Erdoğan ...

Trial of Sibel Yükler, Deniz Nazlım and Yıldız Tar adjourned until January

The court ruled that Yükler, Nazlım and Tar, who had difficulty in following the hearings due to their professional a...

Yıldız Tar

Journalist, Editor-in-Chief of Kaos G...

Deniz Nazlım

Freelance journalis...

Sibel Yükler

Journalist, editor and reporter for T2...

ANALYSIS | Violence against journalists during news coverage in light of top court judgments

Violence against journalists is aimed both at preventing incidents from becoming public and silencing the public and al...

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