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.
Aslı Ceren Aslan’s sentence upheld; actors Akpınar, Gezen charged with “insulting the president”; lawyer senten...
Dozens arrested in operation targeting social media movement; Mümtazer Türköne released; indictment issued against M...
İshak Yasul, Arafat Dayan handed down prison sentences; court upholds convictions in Sözcü trial; Özgür Boğatekin...
Four sentenced in Özgür Gündem trial; Prof. Fincancı fined for “insulting Erdoğan”; 5 journalists charged with...
Deputy minister files 3 lawsuits against BirGün, Evrensel and Cumhuriyet; five journalists sentenced in Antalya; inves...
Eren Keskin’s house raided by police; Hasan Köksoy arrested for street interview; prosecutor demands sentence for De...
Sentences of five journalists in “disclosure of MİT official” case upheld; Nurcan Yalçın taken into custody; Bus...
Journalist Çiğdem Toker was ordered to pay TL 30,000 in non-pecuniary damages over an article she penne...
Çiğdem Toker ordered to pay compensation; writer Yavuz Ekinci convicted; Beritan Canözer's “propaganda” trial b...
Supreme Court of Appeals renders verdict in Gezi trial; sports editor Eren Tutel given judicial fine; case against Reyh...