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.
The indictment charged 22 journalists with “preventing police officers from performing their duty” and “insultin...
Networks critical of gov't imposed 71 fines in 2021; 18 journalists acquitted of “resisting arrest”; Doğan Ergün ...
Tunca Öğreten, Metin Yoksu, Ömer Çelik, Eray Sargın and Mahir Kanaat handed down suspended sentences for “illega...
Five journalists who reported on torture allegations acquitted; Rojhat Doğru sentenced to life in prison; Albayrak app...
Sedef Kabaş jailed, Can Uğur detained for “insulting president”; Baransu remains behind bars in Taraf trial; Abdu...
The retrial was ordered by an appellate court, which reversed the trial court’s decision to drop the “propaganda”...
Söğütlü, a reporter for the news portal Gazete Yolculuk, was on trial for a Twitter post in which she commented on ...
Sedef Kabaş faces two “insult” charges; Selda Manduz sentenced for “propaganda”; Deniz Yücel fined for “ins...
The court sentenced journalists Semiha Şahin and Pınar Gayıp to 2 years 13 months and 15 days of imprisonment each f...
JinNews editor Nişmiye Güler was charged with "terrorism propaganda” over her social media post...