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.
Ahmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak’s political commentary on TV and their articles cited among grounds for conviction ...
Istanbul Regional Court of Justice says case file falls within the jurisdiction of Supreme Court of Appeals as per Crim...
The General Prosecutor wrote that the appeals by the Presidency and the Parliament should be rejected on the grounds th...
Prosecutor submits final opinion in Gezi Park trial; Office of General Prosecutor asks Supreme Court of Appeals to upho...
The court also overturned the conviction of Nazlı Ilıcak, who was sentenced to 8 years and 9 months in prison for “...
Ahmet Altan released after more than 4.5 years behind bars; ECtHR issues long-awaited Ahmet Altan and Murat Aksoy judgm...
Noting that Ilıcak’s writings concerned matters of public interest relating to facts that were already known, the Co...
Kemal Demir sentenced to prison; retrial of novelist Aslı Erdoğan begins; life imprisonment sought for Rojhat Doğru;...
Parliamentary debates on “disinformation bill” postponed; court dismisses compensation case filed by Mehmet Altan; ...
Journalist Gündem arrested near border with Greece; Şükrü Özşengül dies of heart attack in prison; Center for C...