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.
Sabuncu, Şık released pending the conclusion of Cumhuriyet trial; prison sentences handed down to all but one of the ...
Journalist Tuğba Özer ordered to pay compensation for news report; jailed journalist İdris Yılmaz sentenced to 6 ye...
Journalists Abdurrahman Gök, Nurcan Yalçın face "terrorism" charges; Hayri Tunç given 2-year sentence; access to Ji...
Printing house of local newspaper set on fire; Gezi and Çarşı trials merged; media outlets receiving grants targeted...
Gezi trial, merged with retrial of 35 Beşiktaş fans, adjourned until October; Ahmet Kanbal to stand trial over social...
Verdict expected in Gezi Trial on 22 April; actor İlyas Salman goes on trial; attackers of Levent Gültekin given defe...
Medical assoc. head Şebnem Korur Fincancı imprisoned pending trial; 11 journalists arrested in house raids; İsmail A...
Journalist Hayri Tunç acquitted; request to prosecute Barış Terkoğlu and Can Bursalı denied; prosecution requests ...