Case Monitoring
The trial of journalist Yağmur Kaya is adjourned until June
EYLEM SONBAHAR* In today’s hearing of the case brought against journalist Yağmur Kaya on the grounds of ...
Sinan Aygül becomes the first journalist to be sentenced under Turkey’s Disinformation Law
DENİZ TEKİN* At the first hearing of the lawsuit brought against journalist Sinan Aygül under Turkey’s Disinformation ...
Journalist Nazlan Ertan is acquitted at the first hearing of the copy/pasted terrorism case
MURAT KÖK* Journalist Nazlan Ertan who stood trial for retweeting a tweet shared by human rights defender ...
Journalist Aziz Oruç is acquitted in the case in which he was held in pre-trial detention for 11 months
Journalist Aziz Oruç who has been held in pre-trial detention since 16 June 2022 on the grounds ...
Journalist Sezgin Kartal is acquitted
EYLEM SONBAHAR* The court ruled to acquit journalist Kartal in a trial brought against him for “insult ...
Journalist Onur Öncü is acquitted once again in the ‘insulting Soylu’ case
EYLEM SONBAHAR* Journalist Onur Öncü is acquitted in the case which was heard via general trial procedure ...
Human Rights
1459th Human Rights meeting of Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers started
The 1459th Human Rights meeting of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers started. At the meeting ...
MLSA briefed the Committee of Ministers on non-implementation of the ECtHR judgments
Media and Law Studies Association’s (MLSA) Trial Monitoring Coordinator Mümtaz Murat Kök briefed the Committee of Ministers ...
MLSA asked the prosecutor: ‘Where are the DroneCell ads?’
On February 10, Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) Co-Director Veysel Ok filed a criminal complaint against ...
The prosecutor requests imprisonment for documentarist Tekin for ‘membership in a terrorist organization’ but the organization is not specified
Sibel YÜKLER* The prosecutor, who prepared the indictment against documentarist Sibel Tekin in 16 days claimed that ...
How and why documentarist Sibel Tekin was arrested?
SİBEL YÜKLER* On 15 December 2022 around 06.45, documentarist Sibel Tekin was shooting footage in Ankara’s Tuzluçayır ...
Choosing life during war
KATERYNA GLADKA* The war arrived without warning. You can’t prepare for it, no matter how many bomb ...
Press Freedom
Upcoming Trials
Journalism and freedom of expression trials: Week of March 27
This week, the hearings of numerous freedom of expression trials will be held. Below is the list of these hearings: March 27th, Monday ...
Journalism and freedom of expression trials: Week of March 20
This week, the hearings of numerous freedom of expression trials will be held. Below is the list ...
Journalism and freedom of expression trials: Week of March 13
This week, the hearings of numerous freedom of expression trials will be held. Below is the list ...
