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.
Although Article 7/2 of Turkey’s Anti-Terror Law is one of the most critical problems for press freedom and freedom o...
The ambiguity and exceptionality of the TMK and these features' clear reflections on criminal law facilitates interfere...
Submitting their final opinion, the prosecutor asks the court to sentence Söylemez for "marking a public official ass...
Eren Erdem and Turan Ababey sentenced to 4 years in prison in Karşı newspaper trial; Pelin Ünker and Orhan Erinç or...
Journalist Yasin Kobulan given 18-month prison sentence on “propaganda” charge; Evrensel journalists appear in cour...
The writer and academic is standing trial for an article published online in November 2016 PELİN BUZLUK, ...
Five defendants convicted of terrorism-related charges as retrial of Altans case concludes; Mehmet Altan acquitted &...
Seven of the nine defendants in the case convicted of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member,” p...
Lawyer Çalıkuşu will be filing daily petitions with the 2nd Criminal Chamber of the Istanbul Regional Court of Justi...
Evren, the former news director of Nokta magazine, was handed down a prison sentence of 6 years and 3 months...