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.
İsminaz Temel remains behind bars in second hearing; appellate court upholds sentences given in Özgür Gündem trial;...
Osman Akın, the responsible managing editor of Yeni Yaşam newspaper, is accused of “successively disseminating prop...
Actor Ersin Umut Güler handed down 21-month sentence for “insulting the president”; prosecutor asks court to convi...
Journalist Emre Orman jailed pending trial over his social media posts; former responsible managing editor of Yeni Yaş...
Akın, the former responsible editor of Yeni Yaşam daily, was on trial over a March 2019 report about prison condition...
Constitutional Court rules former Zaman columnist Türköne’s rights not violated; Yeni Yaşam responsible editor Osm...
Yeni Yaşam former responsible editor Osman Akın convicted of “propaganda”; academic Tuna Altınel acquitted in ca...
Yeni Yaşam daily’s Responsible Managing Editor Keser was charged with “disseminating propaganda for a terrorist gr...
Eight journalists jailed pending trial in a week over their reporting or social media posts; journalist Aziz Oruç hand...