Neşe İdil
İstanbul - 2025
Violation of rights ruling by the Constitutional Court – Neşe İdil
31 October 2025 The Constitutional Court ruled that sentencing journalist Neşe İdil to 1 year and 3 months in prison for “terrorist propaganda” based on her social media posts violated…
Murat Güreş
Gaziantep - 2025
Non-prosecution due to statute of limitations in attack on journalist – Murat Güreş
1 April 2025 The case of journalist Murat Güreş, then editor-in-chief of Gaziantep Güncel newspaper, who was stabbed by an unidentified assailant on 13 June 2016, ended in impunity. Güreş,…
Murat Ağırel
İstanbul - 2025
Complaint to HSK against judicial officials who issued and enforced the detention order – Murat Ağırel
28 April 2025Investigative journalist and author Murat Ağırel, who was detained on 10 April together with BirGün columnist Timur Soykan upon the complaint of Erkan Kork, the imprisoned owner of…
Aydın Gelleci
Trabzon - 2024
Constitutional Court ruled violation for “irrelevant correction” imposed on journalist
20 March 2024 The Constitutional Court ruled that the rights to freedom of expression and of the press of Aydın Gelleci, the managing editor of the regional daily Günebakış, were…
X Platform
İstanbul - 2025
X took BTK censorship to the Constitutional Court
25 March 2024 X Corporation filed an individual application before the Constitutional Court against the order of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) to block 126 accounts, including those…
Özer Akdemir
Ankara - 2024
Turkish court annuls press card cancellation – Özer Akdemir
20 September 2024 Ankara 20th Administrative Court ruled that the decision by the Presidential Directorate of Communications’ Press Card Commission to revoke the press card of Özer Akdemir, İzmir correspondent…
Tunceli Emek
İstanbul
AYM Rules Ad Ban as a Violation- Tunceli Emek
The Constitutional Court combined the applications of Evrensel, Cumhuriyet, BirGün, Sözcü, and Tunceli Emek newspapers and ruled that the advertisement and announcement bans imposed by the Press Advertisement Agency (BİK) constituted a violation of…
Sözcü Daily Newspaper
İstanbul
AYM Rules Ad Ban as a Violation- Sözcü
The Constitutional Court combined the applications of Evrensel, Cumhuriyet, BirGün, Sözcü, and Tunceli Emek newspapers and ruled that the advertisement and announcement bans imposed by the Press Advertisement Agency (BİK) constituted a violation of…
BirGün
İstanbul
AYM Rules Ad Ban as a Violation- BirGün
The Constitutional Court combined the applications of Evrensel, Cumhuriyet, BirGün, Sözcü, and Tunceli Emek newspapers and ruled that the advertisement and announcement bans imposed by the Press Advertisement Agency (BİK) constituted a violation of…
Cumhuriyet Newspaper
İstanbul - 2024
AYM Rules Ad Ban as a Violation- Cumhuriyet
The Constitutional Court combined the applications of Evrensel, Cumhuriyet, BirGün, Sözcü, and Tunceli Emek newspapers and ruled that the advertisement and announcement bans imposed by the Press Advertisement Agency (BİK) constituted a violation of…
Evrensel Daily
İstanbul - 2024
AYM Rules Ad Ban as a Violation-Evrensel
The Constitutional Court combined the applications of Evrensel, Cumhuriyet, BirGün, Sözcü, and Tunceli Emek newspapers and ruled that the advertisement and announcement bans imposed by the Press Advertisement Agency (BİK)…
İrfan Uçar
Gaziantep - 2023
Journalist İrfan Uçar’s Case at the Constitutional Court
Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) Legal Unit filed a lawsuit for material and moral compensation against the Ministry of Finance, citing that journalist İrfan Uçar’s home was raided without…
Deniz Önal
Tekirdağ - 2022
Şarköy Mayor’s Brother Alper Var on Trial
The trial of Alper Var, brother of Şarköy Mayor Alpay Var, who is charged with “intentional minor injury, threat, damage to property, and insult” for attacking Deniz Önal, editor of…
