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 Office of the General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals says lengthy prison sentences for four columnists ...
Ruling that Türköne, Alpay, and Bulaç should have been charged with "aiding a terrorist organization," the Court say...
Can Dündar sentenced to 27.5 years in retrial of "MİT trucks case"; Supreme Court upholds 3 convictions in Zaman tria...
Reversing the conviction on the grounds of misjudgment due to incorrect assessment of evidence, the Chamber sent Alkan...
Melis Alphan acquitted; Osman Kavala remains behind bars as Gezi trial resumes; Ahmet Turan Alkan’s conviction revers...
Journalist dismissed for reporting on university student’s death by suicide; prosecutors request sentence for writer ...
Ahmet Turan Alkan, whose conviction on the charge of “membership in a terrorist organization” was overturned by the...
Prosecutor says former columnists Ahmet Turan Alkan, Şahin Alpay, Mümtazer Türköne and Ali Bulaç should be given p...
Deutsche Welle, VOA websites blocked in Turkey; “disinformation bill” postponed to fall; Abdurrahman Gök convicted...
9 journalists imprisoned on "terrorism" charges; call for lawsuit against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu as per the “disinfor...