Case Monitoring
Peace Academic Tuna Altınel released after 81 days
Lyon-1 University lecturer Tuna Altınel is released during the first hearing of his trial, Altınel was behind ...
Former Cumhuriyet web editor Atakan Sönmez’s trial is adjourned
İstanbul – Third hearing of the trial where Cumhuriyet’s former web editor Atakan Sönmez faces “successively making ...
Journalist Harun Çümen sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison
Journalist Harun Çümen, detained for the last 16 months, is convicted of “membership in a terrorist organisation” ...
Prosecutor demanded punishment for Özgür Gündem’s reporting on self-governance
İstanbul – Twelfth hearing of the trial where since shut Özgür Gündem daily’s former Co-Editors-in-Chief Eren Keskin, ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
