Case Monitoring
Trial where Fatih Polat is accused of insulting the president adjourned
İstanbul – Third hearing of the trial where Evrensel daily’s Editor-in-Chief Fatih Polat faces “insulting the president” ...
Lawyer Veysel OK, journalist Cihan Acar given 5-month suspended sentence for “insulting judiciary”
Media and Law Studies (MLSA) Co-Director Veysel Ok and journalist Cihan Acar were given a five-month suspended ...
Photojournalist Çağdaş Erdoğan given a deferred 20-month prison sentence
Istanbul – A Turkish court on 5 September handed down a one year eight-month prison sentence to ...
Trial of journalists Selman Keleş and Arif Aslan adjourned until January
Van – Sixth hearing of the trial where since shuttered Dicle News Agency reporter Selman Keleş and ...
Trial where Deniz Yücel is accused of insulting a prosecutor is adjourned
İstanbul – First hearing of the trial where Die Welt journalist Deniz Yücel faces “insulting a public ...
Journalists İsminaz Temel and Havva Cuştan’s travel ban is not lifted
İstanbul – The trial where 23 people including Etkin News Agency (ETHA) editor İsminaz Temel and reporter ...
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 September 16 – 20
This week several journalism and freedom of expression trials will resume at courts. Below is a list of this week’s hearings: September 17, ...
Journalism and free speech trials: Week of September 9 – 13
This week several journalism and freedom of expression trials will resume at courts. Below is a list ...
Journalism and free speech trials: Week of September 2 – 6
This week several journalism and freedom of expression trials will resume at courts. Below is a list ...
