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.
Trial will be a test case to reveal whether the reform is really an attempt to free expression, lawyer Çalıkuşu says...
Although Article 7/2 of Turkey’s Anti-Terror Law is one of the most critical problems for press freedom and freedom o...
Although government claims that bill is aimed at protecting detainees from Covid-19 outbreak, journalists and other pol...
The participation of public prosecutors in proceedings before criminal courts of first instance after nine years of abs...
In an environment where freedom of expression is under this much pressure, there is no convenient discussion ground f...
The ultimate goal of the action plan, consisting of nine articles and planned to be implemented over the next two year...
Lack of a clear implementation schedule, exclusion of NGOs in the mechanism for protection of human rights and failure ...
Judicial reform packages introduced in Turkey in recent years, though not without their merits, have barely changed any...
The 8th Judicial Package was published in the Official Gazette and came into force in March. Experts say the provision ...