Case Monitoring
Journalist Ceren Karlıdağ’s trial is adjourned until March
İzmir – Sixth hearing of the trial where 12 defendants, including freelance journalist Ceren Karlıdağ, face “defying ...
Trial of Sözcü journalists adjourned until December 27
An Istanbul Court has adjourned the trial where a group of nine people, including Sözcü Newspaper’s journalists, ...
Journalist İdris Yılmaz acquitted for propaganda, sentenced for “membership in a terrorist organization”
Van – Final hearing of the trial where journalist İdris Yılmaz, who has been behind bars since ...
Trial of journalist Deniz Yücel adjourned until February
İstanbul – Fifth hearing of the trial where Die Welt reporter Deniz Yücel faces “spreading terrorist propaganda” ...
Court refuses to release journalist İdris Yılmaz
Van – Second hearing of the trial where journalist İdris Yılmaz, whom Media and Law Studies Association ...
Journalist Ziya Ataman sentenced to 14 years and 3 months in prison
Şırnak – Twelfth hearing of the trial where since shuttered Dicle News Agency (DİHA) reporter Ziya Ataman ...
Human Rights
SETA report targeting journalists is free speech, prosecutors say
A Turkish prosecutor says pro-government think-tank SETA’s report suggesting foreign media outlets and the journalists they employ ...
Constitutional Court finds that Peace Academics’ rights were violated
Turkish Constitutional Court has found that the right to freedom of expression of ten “Academics for Peace” ...
His family, colleagues, and lawyers told Ziya Ataman’s story on this ‘Press Day’
Seda TAŞKIN ANKARA – For Journalists and Press Day, we spoke to the family, defense lawyers and ...
Constitutional Court’s test with the Academics for Peace file continues
Ankara – The First Chamber of the Constitutional Court met to review the individual applications of ten ...
Constitutional Court rules that Deniz Yücel’s rights were violated
Turkish Constitutional Court reached a decision about the application MLSA Co-Director Veysel Ok filed on behalf of ...
Constitutional Court rejects Osman Kavala’s application, finds no violation of right to liberty and security
Ankara – Constitutional Court’s General Secretariat rejected Osman Kavala’s individual application today. The high court ruled that ...
Press Freedom
Upcoming Trials
Journalism and free speech trials: Week of December 2 – 6
This week several journalism and freedom of expression trials will resume at courts. Below is a list of this week’s hearings: December 3, ...
Journalism and free speech trials: Week of November 25 – 29
This week several journalism and freedom of expression trials will resume at courts. Below is a list ...
Journalism and free speech trials: Week of November 18 – 22
This week several journalism and freedom of expression trials will resume at courts. Below is a list ...
