Case Monitoring
Journalist Deniz Yücel’s trial adjourned until October
İstanbul – Fourth hearing of the trial where Die Welt correspondent Deniz Yücel faces “terrorist propaganda” and ...
Boğaziçi students’ trial is adjourned until October
İstanbul – Fourth hearing of the trial where a group of Boğaziçi University students face “making propaganda ...
Taraf newspaper trial adjourned until August
İstanbul – The trial of since shut Taraf newspaper’s former administrators Ahmet Altan, Yasemin Çongar and Yıldıray ...
Trial of journalist Necla Demir adjourned
The trial of Necla Demir where she is charged with successively making terrorist propaganda, is adjourned in ...
Trial where Mümtazer Türköne is accused of insulting the president adjourned
İstanbul – Trial where former Zaman newspaper columnist Mümtazer Türköne faces “insulting the president” charges for a ...
Journalist Mehmet Gündem sentenced to 6 years in prison
Journalist Mehmet Gündem who has been tried whilst in detention for the past 21 months for “membership ...
Human Rights
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 ...
Workshop in Prague brings together MLSA’s lawyer network
A workshop titled “Training for Lawyers: Human Rights Mechanisms” took place in Prague between 5-8 March 2019. ...
Joint Press Release: Osman Kavala and Yiğit Aksakoğlu must be released immediately!
The investigation concerning the Gezi protests of 2013 has been concluded, and 16 persons, including Osman Kavala ...
Joint statement: “We stand united against efforts to destroy civil society”
A group of human rights advocacy organizations held a press conference on 27 February at 10:30 at ...
Press Freedom
Upcoming Trials
Journalism and free speech trials: Week of July 15 – 19
This week several journalism and freedom of expression trials will resume at courts. Below is a list of this week’s hearings: July 16th, ...
Journalism and free speech trials: Week of July 8 – 12
This week several journalism and freedom of expression trials will resume at courts. Below is a list ...
Journalism and free speech trials: Week of July 1 – 5
This week several journalism and freedom of expression trials will resume at courts. Below is a list ...
