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.
Former Zaman journalist Kabakcı sentenced to 6 years and 3 months for “membership of a terrorist group,” acquitted...
Court rules to send the file to the prosecutor and sets 12 January 2021 as the date for the next hearin...
Ruling to comply with the Supreme Court of Appeals judgment, the trial court decides to issue an arrest warrant for Öz...
The indictment, issued in 2017, charged 10 local journalists from various media outlets with “membership in a terrori...
Ruling to hear former Zaman columnist Hüseyin Gülerce as a witness, the court set 11 January 2022 as the date for the...
Journalist dismissed for reporting on university student’s death by suicide; prosecutors request sentence for writer ...
Ahmet Turan Alkan, whose conviction on the charge of “membership in a terrorist organization” was overturned by the...