Case Monitoring
Journalist and author Zekine Türkeri’s “propaganda” trial adjourned until March
The first hearing of the trial where journalist and author Zekine Türkeri, whom MLSA represents in court, ...
Prosecutor requests Deniz Yücel be sentenced for ‘insulting a public official’
The fifth hearing of the trial where PEN Germany’s President and Die Welt correspondent Deniz Yücel whom ...
Court rules to issue writ requesting Deniz Yücel’s defense be taken via letters rogatory
İstanbul – Trial where PEN Germany President and Die Welt reporter Deniz Yücel, whom Media and Law ...
Court acquits journalist Dindar Karataş of “membership of a terrorist organization”
Van – The fourth hearing of the trial where journalist Dindar Karataş, whom the Media and Law ...
Court adjourns hearing of journalists who reported on torture in Van
Van – The trial where five journalists, three of whom Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) defends, ...
Journalist Vedat Örüç is sentenced to prison on ‘terrorist propaganda’ charges
Kocaeli – The seventh hearing of the trial where journalist Vedat Örüç whom MLSA represented in court, ...
Human Rights
Joint Statement: Implementation of the ECtHR Judgement Must be Ensured, Osman Kavala Must be Released
Osman Kavala has been behind bars for 1413 days. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of ...
Pandemic in prisons: Cleaning supplies were not provided, rights were restricted
According to the results of a survey conducted by the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) in ...
Joint Statement: We are still here, we will always be here, we are not going anywhere either!
At this juncture in time, Turkey has been transformed into a country where demonization, accusation, pointing as ...
AKP’s Draft Bill on the Prevention of the Proliferation of WMD: “The final nail in the coffin of civil society”
Esra Koçak Mayda Ankara – On Wednesday December 16, the draft bill titled “Law on the Prevention ...
Unsolved III: ‘Coming together for truth and justice transcends borders’
The Media and Legal Studies Association (MLSA) organized its third “Unsolved” panel this year online on the ...
Joint Statement on the Bill for the Prevention of the Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
The 43-article “Bill for the Prevention of the Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction”, ...
Press Freedom
Upcoming Trials
Journalism and freedom of expression trials: Week of December 6
This week, the hearings of several journalism and freedom of expression trials will be held. Below is the list of these hearings: 7 ...
Journalism and free speech trials: Week of November 29
This week, the hearings of several journalism and freedom of expression trials will be held. Below is ...
Journalism and free speech trials: Week of November 22
This week, the hearings of several journalism and freedom of expression trials will be held. Below is ...
