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.
Orhan Erinç is the head of the Cumhuriyet Foundation's Board of Director...
Thirteen arrested in sweeping operation targeting civil society; reporter Sedat Sur going to prison for news coverage; ...
Hasan Cemal faces investigation on “insulting the president charge”; courts rule to keep jailed journalists in Özg...
General Prosecutor says “coup” charge should be dropped in Altans case; Pelin Ünker, Perihan Mağden, Tunca Öğr...
Prosecution submits final opinion in Sözcü trial; prosecutor seeks conviction for Hasan Cemal on “propaganda” cha...
Three journalists taken into custody in Istanbul; Hasan Cemal handed down sentence over 2015 column; Cansu Pişkin give...
Jailed journalist Harun Çümen, Bakur co-directors Çayan Demirel and Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, Sendika.Org editor Ali Ergi...
Jin News reporter Evren, jailed pending trial since October 2018, faces up to 20 years in prison on terrorism-related c...
Food safety expert Bülent Şık given 15-month prison sentence; prosecutor in “Taraf MGK headline trial” asks cour...
Journalists Ruken Demir and Melike Aydın jailed pending trial; Ahmet Altan re-arrested 8 days after his release; prose...