Expression Interrupted

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.



Court issues reasoned judgment in Altans case

Ahmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak’s political commentary on TV and their articles cited among grounds for conviction ...

Appellate court refers Altans case to Supreme Court

Istanbul Regional Court of Justice says case file falls within the jurisdiction of Supreme Court of Appeals as per Crim...

Supreme Court prosecutor asks court to uphold verdicts in Altans case

The General Prosecutor wrote that the appeals by the Presidency and the Parliament should be rejected on the grounds th...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey – 228

Prosecutor submits final opinion in Gezi Park trial; Office of General Prosecutor asks Supreme Court of Appeals to upho...

Ahmet Altan released after Supreme Court overturns his conviction

The court also overturned the conviction of Nazlı Ilıcak, who was sentenced to 8 years and 9 months in prison for “...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey - 290

Ahmet Altan released after more than 4.5 years behind bars; ECtHR issues long-awaited Ahmet Altan and Murat Aksoy judgm...

ECtHR: Nazlı Ilıcak’s detention violated her right to liberty, freedom of expression

Noting that Ilıcak’s writings concerned matters of public interest relating to facts that were already known, the Co...

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Kemal Demir sentenced to prison; retrial of novelist Aslı Erdoğan begins; life imprisonment sought for Rojhat Doğru;...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey – 351

Parliamentary debates on “disinformation bill” postponed; court dismisses compensation case filed by Mehmet Altan; ...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey – 357

Journalist Gündem arrested near border with Greece; Şükrü Özşengül dies of heart attack in prison; Center for C...

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