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.
Yeni Yaşam daily’s Editor-in-Chief Ferhat Çelik, Responsible Editor Aydın Keser and Yeniçağ columnist Murat Ağ...
Osman Kavala faces additional “espionage” charge in coup investigation; newspaper terminates Timur Soykan’s contr...
Bill proposing early release for 90,000 inmates submitted to Parliament; at least 6 journalists called in for questioni...
Opposition lawmakers say bill proposing early release and amendments on probation should be expanded to cover all inmat...
New indictment accuses journalists Uludağ and Akça of “disclosing identities of informants”; Parliament passes ea...
Turkey ranks 154th out of 180 countries in Press Freedom Index; indictment issued against journalists jailed in Odatv i...
Indictment accepted against journalists jailed over coverage of MİT operative’s funeral; columnist Ragıp Zarakolu f...
First hearing of seven journalists and one municipal press officer set for 24 June at Istanbul 34th High Criminal Cour...
Barış Terkoğlu, Ferhat Çelik and Aydın Keser released pending trial, Barış Pehlivan, Hülya Kılınç, Murat Ağ...
Three journalists released as their trial on “Disclosing identity of MİT official” charge begins; journalist Özg...