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.
Four journalists remain behind bars at the end of fourth hearing in Zaman case; court adjourns trial until June 7 Th...
Özgür Gündem publisher and editor jailed; Court lifts Şahin Alpay’s house arrest, releases 2 journalists from pre...
Five journalists give final defense statements in fifth hearing of Zaman trial as court adjourns case until July Ele...
Court rules to keep former Zaman columnist Ali Ünal in pretrial detention, adjourns trial until September ...
Ünal, who has been imprisoned for over two years, is acquitted of the “coup” charge, for which he faced aggravated...
Former Konya bureau chief for the shuttered daily Zaman had been behind bars for 19 months on the charge of “membersh...
The former responsible managing editor of the shuttered daily Zaman has been in pre-trial detention for 10 months Ha...
Çümen, a former responsible managing editor for Zaman daily, convicted of “membership in a terrorist organization...
Prosecutor also asks court to separate Kabakcı’s file on the charges of “insult” and “breach of confidentialit...
The Office of the General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals says lengthy prison sentences for four columnists ...