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.



Rights groups criticize Turkey's "permanent state of emergency"

More than 40 freedom of speech and media freedom organizations signed a joint statement calling on Turkish authorities...

ANALYSIS | Academics denied reinstatement despite Constitutional Court judgment

According to academics and lawyers evaluating the recent rejection decisions by the State of Emergency Procedures Inves...

Murat Sabuncu

Journalist, former editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet daily, P24 founde...

Erdem Gül

Former Ankara Bureau Chief of Cumhuriyet newspape...

Güray Öz

News ombudsman and columnist for Cumhuriye...

Ali Ünal

Columnist for Zaman dail...

Önder Çelik

Cumhuriyet Foundation executive board membe...

Mizgin Çay

Staff member of local radio station Radyo Karacada...

Mehmet Altan

Professor of economics, columnist, autho...

İnan Kızılkaya

Former responsible managing editor of Özgür Günde...

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