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.
Mezopotamya agency reporter Berzan Güneş jailed; custody period for Ece Sevim Öztürk extended; 7 journalists indict...
Verdict issued in long-running trial into former columnists and editors of Zaman daily; indictment against jailed repor...
Former DİHA reporter Uğur Akgül jailed; Hülya Emeç, her news source given suspended prison terms for “denigratin...
Journalist İbrahim Varlık jailed pending trial; Kadri Gürsel sent back to prison, freed on probation; Mehmet Gündem...
At least 8 journalists and media workers sentenced or fined in one week; Gazete Fersude reporter Soner Karabulut jail...
Former TRT executive Ali Ahmet Böken convicted of “membership in an armed terrorist organization” sentenced to 9 y...
At least 121 taken into custody over social media posts about Turkey’s military operation in Syria; trial court rules...