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.

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey – 509Journalist Mehmet Üçar released pending trialRights organizations condemn the issuance of arrest warrant targeting Nedim TürfentFreedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey – 508
 

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey – 509

Court suspends execution of Halk TV's 10-day broadcasting ban; investigation launched into X's AI tool Grok; ECtHR rules Selahattin Demirtaş’s rights violated; Furkan Karabay fined
 

Journalist Mehmet Üçar released pending trial

Üçar, who had been in pre-trial detention for 225 days on the charge of “membership in a terrorist organization” has been released pending trial at the end of the first hearing 
 

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey – 508

The date set for 10-day broadcast bans of Sözcü TV and Halk TV; 4 people jailed in LeMan investigation; Hamza Kaan released pending trial; top court rules for rights violation in Evrensel daily case
 

Rights organizations condemn the issuance of arrest warrant targeting Nedim Türfent

Forty-three rights organizations, including P24, sound alarm over threat of extradition facing the Kurdish writer, journalist and poet Nedim Türfent
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    Furkan Karabay

    Editor for Gerçek Gündem news portal..
     

    Ahmet Kanbal

    Mezopotamya News Agency reporter..
     

    Max Zirngast

    Austrian freelance journalist Max Zirngast was arrested by anti-terror police at his home ..
     

    Orhan Erinç

    Orhan Erinç is the head of the Cumhuriyet Foundation's Board of Directors..
     

    Semiha Şahin

    Etkin News Agency (ETHA) editor Semiha Şahin was arrested in Istanbul on 13 April 2018 dur..
     

    Ece Sevim Öztürk

    Ece Sevim Öztürk was arrested on 8 June 2018 as part of an investigation launched by the I..
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