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.



Prosecutor seeks jail terms for Boğaziçi students

30 students are charged with “propaganda” for protesting against students who distributed Turkish delights on campu...

27 Boğaziçi students sentenced

20 students given 10 months in prison, 7 fined TL 6,000 for “spreading terrorism propaganda” over anti-war protest ...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey – 227

27 Boğaziçi University students sentenced for staging anti-war protest; Jin News reporter Melike Aydın released; 50 ...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey - 283

Boğaziçi students charged with “inciting hatred”; journalist Gök, cartoonist Kalender appear in court; politicia...

Students charged with "inciting hatred" over Boğaziçi exhibition appear before court

Court releases two students who had been in pre-trial detention for 47 days, lifts house arrest of one student. Trial a...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey - 365

Prosecution demands annulment of circular banning filming of the police; parliament reopens, “disinformation” bill ...

Freedom of Expression and the Press in Turkey - 425

İsmail Arı acquitted; court rules “no grounds for sentencing” in Zafer Arapkirli’s retrial; President Erdoğan ...

Two more Boğaziçi University students detained 

Police take two more Boğaziçi University students into custody on campus as families of jailed students call for the...

Journalists in State of Emergency - 135 

Six journalists arrested in 3 provinces; former responsible managing editor of Evrensel faces 6 years in prison for “...

Three Boğaziçi University students sent to prison  

A total of 13 Boğaziçi students jailed pending trial for protesting against student group who marked Turkey’s Afrin...

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