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.



Supreme Court prosecutor asks court to uphold verdicts in Altans case

The General Prosecutor wrote that the appeals by the Presidency and the Parliament should be rejected on the grounds th...

Regional court upholds Ahmet Altan’s acquittal in “insult” case

Istanbul’s 21st Criminal Court of First Instance had acquitted Altan on 26 April 2018, saying that despite his word...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey – 228

Prosecutor submits final opinion in Gezi Park trial; Office of General Prosecutor asks Supreme Court of Appeals to upho...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey – 229

Court acquits Necmiye Alpay, Aslı Erdoğan and Bilge Aykut, separates files of six other defendants in Özgür Gündem...

CHP, HDP lawmakers say bill proposing early release lacks fairness

Opposition lawmakers say bill proposing early release and amendments on probation should be expanded to cover all inmat...

Ahmet Altan’s lawyer requests urgent release amid Covid-19 threat

In her petition to the Supreme Court, lawyer Çalıkuşu says first deaths in prisons from Covid-19 confirmed, requests...

ANALYSIS: Early release bill ruins fragile trust in justice system

Government’s latest judicial reform package confirms that “thought is the most serious crime” as journalists, pol...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey - 248

Three journalists released as their trial on “Disclosing identity of MİT official” charge begins; journalist Özg...

Trial of former Taraf journalists postponed to October

Court ruled at the end of the two-day hearing to keep the only jailed defendant in the case, Mehmet Baransu, behind bar...

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Ahmet Altan spends 4 years behind bars; five journalists sentenced for “exposing” MİT operative; Müyesser Yıld...

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