Case Monitoring
Journalist Sabiha Temizkan receives 1 year 3 months prison sentence
İstanbul – Journalist Sabiha Temizkan’s final hearing where she faces “making terrorist propaganda” based on a 2014 ...
Deniz Yücel’s ‘insulting a public official’ case adjourned until Sep 2021
İstanbul – Third hearing of the trial where Die Welt journalist Deniz Yücel faces “insulting a public ...
Court imposes 500 TL fine over journalist Ketenciler, defers announcement of verdict
The trial where journalist İnan Ketenciler faces “disclosing private data” charges for videotaping a nightwatchman’s maltreatment of ...
Court acquits journalist Ayser Çınar of ‘propaganda’ at first hearing
Ankara – Hearing of journalist Ayser Çınar, where she faces “making terrorist propaganda” charges based on her ...
Prosecutor requests journalist İdris Sayılğan’s punishment
Muş – The now-shuttered Dicle News Agency (DİHA) reporter İdris Sayılğan’s case where he faces “making terror ...
Imprisoned journalist Aziz Oruç’s trial is adjourned until September
Ağrı – Seven months after being arrested on “membership in a terrorist organization” charges, journalist Aziz Oruç ...
Human Rights
Joint Statement: The New Kavala Indictment Constitutes the Denial of Law
The new bill of indictment issued by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office against Osman Kavala, a ...
Human rights defenders write letter to the UN: LGBTI+ rights are being violated
The member organizations of Solidarity Network for Human Rights Defenders have written a letter to the United ...
MLSA TV: Panel on Free Expression Trial Monitoring Report
Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) Project Coordinator Ece Koçak moderated the panel where International Press Institute ...
Joint Statement: We are Here for Justice
Three years ago, during a routine civil society workshop in Büyükada island, human rights defenders were detained ...
From Gezi to the US protests: Police violence, racism and the fight for urban space
Paul BenjamIn Osterlund For many people that follow Turkey, the arrest of a CNN journalist who was ...
Joint Statement: Freedom for journalist Nedim Türfent who has been behind bars for 1500 days
Today, the International Press Institute (IPI), PEN International, Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) and 43 undersigned ...
Press Freedom
Upcoming Trials
Journalism and free speech trials: Week of October 26
This week several journalism and freedom of expression trials will resume at courts. Below is a list of this week’s hearings: 27 October ...
Journalism and free speech trials: Week of October 19
This week several journalism and freedom of expression trials will resume at courts. Below is a list ...
Journalism and free speech trials: Week of October 12
This week several journalism and freedom of expression trials will resume at courts. Below is a list ...
