Case Monitoring
Danish journalist Sultan Çoban sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison
Konya – Danish journalist Sultan Çoban’s first hearing regarding the charges of “terrorist propaganda” was held at ...
Prosecutor demands up to 16 years in prison for journalist Deniz Yücel
İstanbul – Sixth hearing of the trial where Die Welt reporter Deniz Yücel faces “spreading terrorist propaganda” ...
Journalist İdris Sayılğan’s trial adjourned until March
Muş – First hearing of journalist İdris Sayılğan’s trial was held at Muş 2nd High Criminal Court ...
Ankara court issues warrant against former German MP Memet Kılıç
Ankara – Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s Office had filed a lawsuit against former German Green Party MP Memet ...
Court acquits journalist Sercan Akbaş in the first hearing
Van – First hearing of Sercan Akbaş, former editor-in-chief of Haber Erciş news web site, was held ...
Journalist Uğur Yılmaz sentenced to 6 years and 10 months for terror charges
Bitlis – Sixteenth hearing of the trial where journalist Uğur Yılmaz, whom MLSA defends in court, faces ...
Human Rights
Targeting and Investigating Organizations That Criticize Hate Speech Against LGBTI+ Must Come to an End
In days when Turkey and the world is struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic, we are experiencing extraordinary ...
On the 900th day of Osman Kavala’s Detention, We Repeat: Free All the Rights Defenders Now
On 14 April 2020, the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Turkey stated that there are ...
Türmen: “Journalists’ exclusion from the amnesty bill doesn’t comply with criminal justice”
ELİF AKGÜL Turkish Parliament’s Justice Commission has passed the 70-article bill that proposes changes to the Law ...
MLSA demands release of five jailed journalists due to COVID-19
Lawyers of MLSA, which provides pro bono legal counselling to 56 individuals the majority of whom are ...
Joint Statement: Osman Kavala must be released immediately
Osman Kavala, who spent 840 days behind bars based on groundless accusations and unlawful practices, was released ...
MLSA, Freedom House have meetings at the CoE
Media and Law Studies (MLSA) and US-based partners Freedom House were in Strasbourg on 20 – 21 ...
Press Freedom
Upcoming Trials
Journalism and free speech trials: Week of March 16
This week several journalism and freedom of expression trials will resume at courts. Below is a list of this week’s hearings: 16 March ...
Journalism and free speech trials: Week of March 9
This week several journalism and freedom of expression trials will resume at courts. Below is a list ...
Journalism and free speech trials: Week of March 2
This week several journalism and freedom of expression trials will resume at courts. Below is a list ...
