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.
Zehra Doğan, 28, is a reporter and an editor of the pro-Kurdish Jin News Agency (JİNHA), which is staffed entirely by...
Prosecutor demands two consecutive life sentences for 13 journalists including Atilla Taş and Murat Aksoy ...
Harrowing claims of torture marked journalist Türfent’s trial; former journalist and CHP MP Berberoğlu arrested in ...
Number of journalists in prison falls to 147 following two releases, while CPJ confirms Turkey as the world’s top ...
Eren Erdem and Turan Ababey sentenced to 4 years in prison in Karşı newspaper trial; Pelin Ünker and Orhan Erinç or...
The ECtHR ruled to strike out Doğan's application after the government acknowledged a violation of the right to presum...
Verdict expected in Gezi Trial on 22 April; actor İlyas Salman goes on trial; attackers of Levent Gültekin given defe...
PİRHA reporter Diren Keser imprisoned; Dicle Müftüoğlu released from prison; three journalists detained in police r...
Nur Ener, a news editor with the Yeni Asya daily, was arrested on March 6. Yeni Asya...
At least 20 journalists are currently in police custody in Turkey as part of the ongoing investigation into the failed ...