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Canan Coşkun
İstanbul - 2021
Canan Coşkun – trial for “marking counterterrorism officials as targets”
Having reported on the indictment issued against the Religious Scholars Solidarity Association (DİAYDER) in December 2021, journalists Canan Coşkun and Barış Pehlivan wrote that the trial would be heard by…
Barış Pehlivan
İstanbul - 2021
Barış Pehlivan – trial for “marking counterterrorism officials as targets”
Having reported on the indictment issued against the Religious Scholars Solidarity Association (DİAYDER) in December 2021, journalists Canan Coşkun and Barış Pehlivan wrote that the trial would be heard by…
Baransel Ağca
İstanbul - 2021
Baransel Ağca – allegation of “publicly degrading the religious values of a section of the public”
Journalist Baransel Ağca was indicted by the Press Crimes Investigation Bureau of the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on September 16, 2021. The indictment charged Ağca with “publicly degrading the…
bianet
Ankara - 2023
Access block to bianet’s news report – Şule Çet case
With the decision of the Ankara 5th Criminal Judgeship of Peace dated January 13, 2023 and numbered 2023/384, an access block was imposed on the news reports where the name…
bianet
İstanbul - 2023
Access block to bianet’s news report
With its decision dated January 11, 2023, the İstanbul 9th Penal Judgeship of Peace imposed an access block on bianet’s news report titled “The opposition cannot object to military spending…
İdris Yayla
Batman - 2021
İdris Yayla – trial for “violating the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations”
28 people, including journalist İdris Yayla and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) former Co-Chair Sebahat Tuncel, stand trial at the Batman 1st Criminal Court of First Instance on the grounds that…
Radyo Sputnik
İstanbul - 2023
Broadcast suspension of Radyo Sputnik by RTÜK
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) suspended the “Ali Çağatay’la Seyir Halinde” program three times after the allegations of torture and ill treatment in Turkey’s prisons had been discussed…
Halk TV
İstanbul - 2023
Administrative fine on Halk TV by RTÜK
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) imposed a 1-percent administrative fine on Halk TV on January 11, 2023 on the grounds that “Ayşenur Arslan and Emin Çapa jokingly criticized…
Muhammed Enes Sezgin
İstanbul - 2022
Muhammed Enes Sezgin – trial for “violating the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations”
Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporter Muhammed Enes Sezgin and JinNews reporter Sena Dolar had their first hearing in the trial where they were charged with “violating the Law no. 2911 on…
Sena Dolar
İstanbul - 2022
Sena Dolar – trial for “violating the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations”
Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporter Muhammed Enes Sezgin and JinNews reporter Sena Dolar had their first hearing in the trial where they were charged with “violating the Law no. 2911 on…
Ender İmrek
İstanbul - 2021
Ender İmrek – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
According to Ender İmrek’s Twitter post, the Bakırköy Prosecutor’s Office Special Crimes Bureau has launched an investigation against Ender İmrek, a columnist for daily Evrensel, who criticized the lack of…
İsmail Saymaz
Niğde - 2021
İsmail Saymaz – trial for “obtaining and disseminating personal data”
Journalist İsmail Saymaz, a former reporter for Hürriyet newspaper, was put on trial at the Niğde 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance on charge of “obtaining and disseminating personal data” for having…
General
Ankara - 2023
Journalists’ criminal complaint about ‘strip search’
Arrested on October 29, 2022 as part of an Ankara-based investigation and sent to the Sincan Women’s Closed Prison, five women journalists filed a criminal complaint after they had been…
Güngör Arslan
Kocaeli - 2022
Killing of Güngör Arslan
Released in September 2021 in the trial where he was facing “blackmailing” charges and having written about a tender at the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, Kocaeli Ses newspaper’s owner Güngör Arslan…
Öznur Değer
Ankara - 2022
Lawsuit against arrested journalist Öznur Değer
Facing an investigation launched on December 19, 2022 and conducted by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, arrested JinNews reporter Öznur Değer was put on trial for “resisting to prevent…
diken.com.tr
İstanbul - 2023
Access block to Diken’s news report
With the decision of the Ankara 7th Criminal Judgeship of Peace dated January 5, 2023 and numbered 2023/178, an access block and a decision of removal was given for journalist…
Ceylan Şahinli
Ankara - 2023
Ceylan Şahinli – trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
Held in pre-trial detention in the Sincan Women’s Closed Prison in Ankara since October 29, 2022 as part of the investigation conducted by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, Mezopotamya…
Evrensel Daily
Aydın - 2023
Evrensel ordered to issue a retraction
The Aydın Criminal Judgeship of Peace treated the retraction requested by Aydın Köşk Sub-governor and published by Evrensel as an announcement and ruled that the text should be published on…
Müyesser Yıldız
Ankara - 2020
Müyesser Yıldız – trial for “disclosing information that needs to remain confidential for the security of the state”
Odatv Ankara news editor Müyesser Yıldız and TELE1 Ankara representative İsmail Dükel was taken into custody on Monday, June 8, due to allegations on “political and military espionage”. After 4…
Can Dündar
İstanbul - 2023
Journalist Can Dündar added to the “gray list”
Journalist Can Dündar was added to the “terrorist wanted” list of the Interior Ministry. Added to the “gray” list, Can Dündar was indicated to be wanted with regards to “membership…
Ramazan Geciken
Diyarbakır - 2022
Failure to give books to jailed journalist Ramazan Geciken
One of the 16 journalists jailed without being indicted since June 16, journalist Ramazan Geciken, held in the Diyarbakır High Security Prison, was not given the book sent by his…
Ömer Çelik
Diyarbakır - 2016
Ömer Çelik’s application to the Constitutional Court due to violation
Journalist Ömer Çelik applied to the Constitutional Court on the grounds that he had been subjected to torture in detention and sentenced to prison for having reported on the e-mails…
Sonya Bayık
Batman - 2021
Sonya Bayık – trial for “violating the Law on Meetings and Demonstrations”
Taken into custody while covering the press statement attempted to be held by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Youth Assembly in protest against the submerging of Hasankeyf on June 12,…
Etkin News Agency
Hatay - 2022
Access block to ETHA’s Twitter account
With the decision of the Hatay 1st Criminal Judgeship of Peace dated December 20, 2022 and numbered 2022/5000, an access block was imposed on the Twitter account of the Etkin…
Bülent Şık
İstanbul - 2022
Lawsuit for damages against bianet columnist Bülent Şık
A company named SBS Bilimsel Bio Çözümler (SBS Scientific Bio Solutions) filed a lawsuit for damages against bianet columnist and academic Bülent Şık over his writings about the products on…
Fox TV
İstanbul - 2022
Administrative fine on Fox TV by RTÜK
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) imposed a 3-percent administrative fine on Fox TV on the grounds of Workers’ Party of Turkey (TİP) İstanbul MP Sera Kadıgil’s remarks on…
Tele 1
İstanbul - 2022
Administrative fine on Tele 1 by RTÜK
On the grounds that Prof. Emre Kongar and Merdan Yanardağ had described İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s prison sentence as “a coup against people’s will”, the Radio and Television Supreme…
Halk TV
İstanbul - 2022
Administrative fine on Halk TV by RTÜK
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) imposed three different fines on Medya Mahallesi (Media Neighborhood) program broadcast by Halk TV. The Council suspended the broadcast of the program three…
Hayri Demir
Ankara - 2017
Hayri Demir – trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization via the press” and “membership of a terrorist organization”
A burglar who broke into the house of journalist Hayri Demir in February 2017 stole two memory cards of Demir. The stolen cards were found by a citizen on the…
Sedef Kabaş
İstanbul - 2022
Sedef Kabaş – trial for “insult” and “insulting the President of the Republic”
Journalist Sedef Kabaş, on a program that she attended on Tele1, said, “There is a very famous saying. ‘A crowned head becomes wiser.’ But we see that it is not…
Furkan Durmaz
İstanbul - 2022
Attack on Tele 1 camera operator Furkan Durmaz
Reporter Hude Gürbüz and camera operator Furkan Durmaz from the Tele 1 YouTube team asked the prison sentence given to İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu to people in İstanbul’s Esenler…
Gençağa Karafazlı
Rize - 2017
Gençağa Karafazlı – trial for “insult”
Reporting on the allegations of harassment at the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University in 2017, journalist Gençağa Karafazlı, charged with “insult” (as per the Turkish Penal Code Article 125), had his…
Onur Öncü
İstanbul - 2021
Onur Öncü – trial for “insult”
Journalist Onur Öncü was indicted on the grounds that he allegedly committed the crime of “publicly insulting a public official due to his or her duty” as per the Article…
Hakkı Boltan
Diyarbakır - 2019
Hakkı Boltan – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Journalist Hakkı Boltan has been put on trial at the Diyarbakır 12th Criminal Court of First Instance on charges of “insulting the President of the Republic” and “insulting a public…
Mehmet Zeki Kaya
İstanbul - 2022
Detention of Artı TV camera operator Mehmet Zeki Kaya
The relatives of ill prisoners and the prisoners whose release was adjourned gathered in İstanbul’s Kadıköy on December 18, 2022. A police officer slapped former HDP MP and current HDP…
Evrensel Daily
Ankara - 2022
Damages to be paid by Evrensel
The Ankara 20th Criminal Court of First Instance ruled that Evrensel newspaper should pay 10 thousand TRY in non-pecuniary damages to Kastamonu University Rector Ahmet Hamdi Topal, who had filed…
Evrensel Daily
Bursa - 2022
Lawsuit for damages against Evrensel
Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Bursa MP Mustafa Esgin filed a lawsuit for damages against Evrensel newspaper on the grounds of a news report covering the Court of Accounts’…
Ertuğrul Mavioğlu
Batman - 2019
Ertuğrul Mavioğlu – trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” due to Bakur documentary
Two years after the documentary, Bakur, was screened, a lawsuit was filed against the two directors of the documentary Ertuğrul Mavioğlu and Çayan Demirel as well as Dicle Anter, who…
General
İzmir - 2022
Attack and threat against journalists in İzmir
Going to the Çamlık neighborhood in İzmir’s Selçuk district on December 13, 2022 to cover the municipality’s alleged continuation of the construction of unlicensed buildings despite the instruction of the…
Yılmaz Özdil
İstanbul - 2022
Yılmaz Özdil – trial for “insult”
Upon the criminal complaint of Hasan Yeşildağ, a person close to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a lawsuit was filed against daily Sözcü columnist Yılmaz Özdil due to an article of…
Halil Tekin
Bartın - 2022
Police violence against journalist Halil Tekin
Filming the police intervention against a group of football fans following a football match between Bartınspor-Polatlı Belediyespor in Bartın on December 11, 2022, Halil Tekin, the owner of the Halkın…
Ece Sevim Öztürk
İstanbul - 2018
Journalist Ece Sevim Öztürk – The trial of “aiding a terrorist organization”
On 11 December 2018, the Istanbul 37th High Criminal Court convicted Ece Sevim Öztürk, the editor-in-chief of the Çağdaş Ses website which provided news from CHP backstages, for aiding a…
Fırat Fıstık
İstanbul - 2021
Investigation against journalist Fırat Fıstık
Over his news about the appointed rector of Boğaziçi University Naci İnci, who reported his students to the prosecutor’s office, Gerçek Gündem reporter Fırat Fıstık is facing an investigation launched…
Dokuz8haber
İstanbul - 2022
The Presidency’s request for censorship on dokuz8HABER news portal
The Human Resources Office of the Presidency requested censorship by sending a disclaimer to dokuz8HABER news portal via its lawyer and notary over a news report where the office is…
General
İstanbul - 2022
Censorship on news regarding tenders given to Bilal Erdoğan’s friends
With the decision of the İstanbul Anadolu 6th Criminal Judgeship of Peace dated December 8, 2022 and upon the request of Bilal Erdoğan, an access block was imposed on 42…
Timur Soykan
İstanbul - 2022
Threat against Timur Soykan – due to the news on “child abuse in religious cult”
Having reported on the incident where Yusuf Ziya Gümüşel, the founder of Hiranur Foundation affiliated with the İsmailağa religious cult, “married off” his 6-year-old daughter with a religious marriage ceremony…
Yeni Yaşam Newspaper
İstanbul - 2022
Access block to Yeni Yaşam’s news report
With the decision of the İstanbul Anadolu 4th Criminal Judgeship of Peace on December 2, 2022, an access block was imposed on Yeni Yaşam newspaper’s news report “Tenders pour to…
Hayri Tunç
İstanbul - 2022
Lawsuit against journalist Hayri Tunç for “inciting the public to hatred and enmity”
A lawsuit was filed against journalist Hayri Tunç on charge of “inciting the public to hatred and enmity” because of his social media post about the Maraş Massacre. In the…
Ergin Çağlar
Bursa - 2022
Detention of Ergin Çağlar while following Gemlik March
Mezopotamya Agency reporter Ergin Çağlar and Jinnews reporter Rozerin Gültekin were detained during the Gemlik March in Bursa, which was held with the slogan “We are marching to Gemlik to…
Independent Türkçe
İstanbul - 2020
Lawsuit for damages against Independent Turkish
A lawsuit was filed for non-pecuniary damages of 100 thousand Turkish Lira each against journalists Barış Terkoğlu and Can Bursalı and Independent Turkish, for the former attorney of President Recep…
