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Hrant Dink
İstanbul - 2007
Hrant Dink Murder Case
The trial regarding the murder of journalist and the editor-in-chief of the Agos newspaper, Hrant Dink, is continuing. The next hearing will be held on 26 November. The court have…
Sadık Topaloğlu
İstanbul
Sadık Topaloğlu arrested for “membership of a terrorist organization”
Journalist Sadık Topaloğlu and her friend Mehmet Savaş, who were detained on July 10, were arrested on the charge of “being a member of an organization” (Article 314/2) after giving…
Can Dündar
İstanbul - 2021
Can Dündar – trial for “obtaining and disclosing confidential information for purposes of political or military espionage”
The first hearing of the case separated from the “National Intelligence Organization (MİT) trucks” case filed against Can Dündar, the former editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet newspaper, and charging the journalist with…
Hayko Bağdat
İstanbul - 2017
Hayko Bağdat – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”, “inciting the public to hatred and enmity”
A lawsuit was filed against journalist Hayko Bağdat over his article “My last piece about Erdoğan” (Erdoğan hakkında son yazım) published on ozguruz.org news website on April 14, 2017 and…
Tolga Şardan
Ankara
The arrest of Tolga Sardan
T24 news site writer Tolga Şardan was detained on November 1 on charges of “disseminating misleading information” (TCK 217/A) within the scope of the investigation launched ex officio by the…
Celalettin Can
İstanbul - 2017
Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign in solidarity with Özgür Gündem: Trial for “propagandasing for a terrorist organization”, “praising offence and offender”, “inciting the committing of crimes via press” – Celalettin Can
In the lawsuit filed against 13 journalists and writers on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” for having participated in the “Editors-in-Chief on Watch” campaign in solidarity with the…
Öznur Değer
Ankara - 2021
Detention of Öznur Değer
The police intervened against the press statement to be held by the Ankara Labor and Democracy Forces in front of the Çankaya District Municipality with the slogan, “We cannot make…
Metin Cihan
İstanbul - 2022
Metin Cihan – trial for “insult” upon Berat Albayrak’s criminal complaint
Upon the criminal complaint of Berat Albayrak, the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, journalist Metin Cihan was put on trial on charge of “insulting a public official due to…
Barış Terkoğlu
İstanbul - 2022
Barış Terkoğlu – trial for “public insult” and “libel”
A lawsuit was filed against journalists Barış Terkoğlu and Can Bursalı and Independent Türkçe news website upon the criminal complaint of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s former lawyer Mustafa Doğan İnal…
Can Bursalı
İstanbul - 2022
Can Bursalı – trial for “public insult” and “libel”
A lawsuit was filed against journalists Barış Terkoğlu and Can Bursalı and Independent Türkçe news website upon the criminal complaint of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s former lawyer Mustafa Doğan İnal…
Metin Cihan
İstanbul - 2021
Metin Cihan – trial over TÜGVA papers
Having shared the Turkey Youth Association (TÜGVA) papers allegedly showing caderization within the state, journalist Metin Cihan was put on trial on charge of “obtaining or disseminating personal data unlawfully”. …
Barış Pehlivan
Ankara - 2023
Barış Pehlivan – “insulting a public officer”
Barış Pehlivan and Mustafa Büyüksipahi, former Chief Editor of Cumhuriyet newspaper, are on trial at Ankara 19th Criminal Court of First Instance on charges of “insulting a public official” (TCK…
Mustafa Büyüksipahi
Ankara - 2023
Mustafa Büyüksipahi – trial for “insulting a public official”
Barış Pehlivan and Mustafa Büyüksipahi, former Chief Editor of Cumhuriyet newspaper, are on trial at Ankara 19th Criminal Court of First Instance on charges of “insulting a public official” (TCK…
Öznur Değer
Ankara - 2022
Detention of JinNews reporter Öznur Değer
As part of an Ankara-based investigation, Mezopotamya Agency (MA) Managing Editor Diren Yurtsever, MA reporters Berivan Altan, Deniz Nazlım, Selman Güzelyüz, Hakan Yalçın, Ceylan Şahinli, Emrullah Acar and JinNews reporters…
Elif Akgül
İstanbul
Journalist Elif Akgül – “Publicly insulting the Turkish nation (TCK 301/1)” case
A lawsuit was filed against journalists Haluk Kalafat and Elif Akgül on the charge of “publicly insulting the Turkish nation (TCK 301/1)” for six news stories published on bianet in…
Haluk Kalafat
İstanbul
Journalist Haluk Kalafat – “Publicly insulting the Turkish nation (TCK 301/1)” case
A lawsuit was filed against journalists Haluk Kalafat and Elif Akgül on the charge of “publicly insulting the Turkish nation (TCK 301/1)” for six news stories published on bianet in…
Furkan Karabay
İstanbul - 2024
Furkan Karabay arrested for news on judiciary
Gerçek Gündem editor Furkan Karabay was detained on December 26 for a news report on the judiciary; he was asked about the source of the news report at the Vatan…
Baransel Ağca
2021
3rd investigation against Baransel Ağca – “obtaining or spreading personal data unlawfully”
An investigation has been launched against journalist Baransel Ağca for the third time over his news about the suspicious death of student Yeldana Kaharman from Kazakhstan in 2019. Ağca has…
bianet
2024
2,911 News Articles and Content Censored by Prof. Dr. Bedri Gencer
Prof. Dr. Bedri Gencer had 2,911 news items and content items in which his name was mentioned censored. The censored content also includes bianet’s Media Monitoring Report. In addition to…
Doğan Ergün
Ankara - 2022
Lawsuit for damages against Doğan Ergün by an AKP MP
İleri Haber Editor-in-Chief İzel Sezer, in a social media message on September 16, 2022, announced that a lawsuit for damages was filed by AKP Ankara MP Ali İhsan Arslan against…
İzel Sezer
Ankara - 2022
Lawsuit for damages against İzel Sezer by an AKP MP
İleri Haber Editor-in-Chief İzel Sezer, in a social media message on September 16, 2022, announced that a lawsuit for damages was filed by AKP Ankara MP Ali İhsan Arslan against…
Susma Platform
İstanbul
Access block to Susma Platform’s Bedri Gencer news
An access block has been imposed on the news content about Prof. Dr. Bedri Gencer on June 7 following Gencer’s complaint (28 June).
Elif Akkuş
Ankara - 2023
Arrest of Elif Akkuş
Elif Akkuş, a 25-year TRT employee, was suspended on April 20 without any justification. Akkuş was not allowed to enter the TRT building after a three-month “suspension from duty”. Akkuş…
Zeynep Durgut
Şırnak - 2023
November the 25th march follow-up detentions –Zeynep Durgut
Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporters Zeynep Durgut and Ömer Akın and JinNews reporter Rozerin Gültekin were detained during the police intervention in Şırnak during a march planned to be held on…
Rozerin Gültekin
Şırnak - 2023
November the 25th march follow-up detentions – Rozerin Gültekin
Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporters Zeynep Durgut and Ömer Akın and JinNews reporter Rozerin Gültekin were detained during the police intervention against a march in Şırnak on November 25, International Day…
Elif Akgül
İstanbul
“Terrorist propaganda” case against Elif Akgül
A lawsuit was filed against journalist Elif Akgül, one of the former managers of DİSK Basın-İş, at the Istanbul High Criminal Court, alleging “chain organization propaganda” (TMK 2/7) due to…
Deniz Yücel
İstanbul - 2021
Deniz Yücel – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic” and “degrading the State of the Republic of Turkey, its government, judicial bodies and the security organization of the state”
The Press Bureau of the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued a new indictment against Deniz Yücel, the former Turkey correspondent of the Germany-based Die Welt newspaper. Deniz Yücel…
Hayko Bağdat
İstanbul - 2020
Hayko Bağdat – trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
The trial of journalist Hayko Bağdat for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization” with nine social media posts from the years 2017 and 2018 has begun at the İstanbul 28th High…
Zana Bilir Kaya
İstanbul - 2019
Zana Bilir Kaya is on Trial for “publicly degrading the government”
The case in which journalists Hüseyin Aykol, Hatip Dicle, Zana Kaya and İnan Kızılkaya, former co-editors-in-chief and managing editor of the shuttered daily Özgür Gündem, for “publicly degrading the government,…
Hüseyin Aykol
İstanbul - 2019
Hüseyin Aykol on Trial for “publicly degrading the government”
The case in which journalists Hüseyin Aykol, Hatip Dicle, Zana Kaya and İnan Kızılkaya, former co-editors-in-chief and managing editor of the shuttered daily Özgür Gündem, for “publicly degrading the government,…
Doğan Ergün
İstanbul - 2021
Doğan Ergün – trial for “publicly insulting”, “unlawful disclosure of data obtained by recording non-public conversations between people in the press” and “libel”
A criminal complaint was filed against Doğan Ergün, the former Editor-in-Chief of İleri Haber news website, and İzel Sezer, the then Managing Director and the current Editor-in-Chief of İleri Haber,…
Philip John Pendlebury
Diyarbakır - 2017
US-based Vice News reporter Philip John Pendlebury – trial for “financial aid for terrorism” and “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
Vice news correspondent Jacop Philip John Gingell Hanrahan, cameraman Philipi John Pendlebury, their translator Mohamed Ismael Rasool and their driver Abdurrahman Direkci were detained on 28 August 2015 when they…
Jacop Philip John Gingell Hanrahan
Diyarbakır - 2017
US-based Vice News reporter Jacop Philip John Gingell Hanrahan – trial for “financial aid for terrorism” and “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
Vice news correspondent Jacop Philip John Gingell Hanrahan, cameraman Philipi John Pendlebury, their translator Mohamed Ismael Rasool and their driver Abdurrahman Direkci were detained on 28 August 2015 when they came to…
Sezgin Kartal
İstanbul - 2023
Detention of Sezgin Kartal
Journalist Sezgin Kartal was detained in a house raid in the morning. Breaking down the door of his house, the police seized the digital equipment of Kartal. The reason for…
Ömer Oğuz
Hakkari - 2022
Ömer Oğuz – trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
Erkan Çapraz, the Editor-in-Chief of Yüksekova Haber news portal, and Ömer Oğuz, the Editorial Coordinator of the news portal, were put on trial on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist…
Erkan Çapraz
Hakkari - 2022
Erkan Çapraz – trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
Erkan Çapraz, the Editor-in-Chief of Yüksekova Haber news portal, and Ömer Oğuz, the Editorial Coordinator of the news portal, were put on trial on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist…
Hicran Urun
İstanbul - 2018
Özgürlükçü Demokrasi Newspaper Trial – Journalist Hicran Ürün
During the raids on March 28 and the house raids on the following days, 33 people from the Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper and Gün Printing House were taken into custody, including…
İshak Yasul
İstanbul - 2018
İshak Yasul – Özgürlükçü Demokrasi Newspaper trial
During the raids on March 28 and the house raids on the following days, 33 people from the Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper and Gün Printing House were taken into custody, including…
Şerife Oruç
Batman - 2018
Şerife Oruç – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization”
DİHA reporter Şerife Oruç, who has been arrested in Mardin E type, has been standing trial for “membership in a terrorist organisation” at the 2nd High Criminal Court of Batman.…
Mehmet Ali Çelebi
İstanbul - 2018
Editor Mehmet Ali Çelebi – trial of Özgürlükçü Demokrasi Newspaper
Journalists Mehmet Ali Çelebi, Reyhan Hacıoğlu and Hicran Urun working for Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper to which a trustee was appointed, were arrested for the “membership in a terrorist organisation” by…
Abdullah Kaya
Ağrı - 2019
Abdullah Kaya – trial for “knowingly aiding and abetting a terrorist organization whilst not being a member”
Abdullah Kaya, Ağrı correspondent for the Dicle News Agency (DİHA) which was shut down by order of a decree law, was arrested on December 24, 2017, after his sentence of…
İsmail Eskin
Diyarbakır - 2017
İsmail Eskin – trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
Diyarbakır 4th Heavy Penal Court sentenced Journalist İsmail Eskin for allegedly “propagandising for a terrorist organisation” due to his Twitter posts in which he described the land where the military…
Reyhan Hacıoğlu
İstanbul - 2018
Reyhan Hacıoğlu – Özgürlükçü Demokrasi Newspaper Trial
During the raids on March 28 and the house raids on the following days, 33 people from the Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper and Gün Printing House were taken into custody, including…
Medyascope
İstanbul
President of RTÜK targeted Medyascope
President of the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) Ebubekir Şahin targeted Medyascope, which shares LGBTI+ content film and series recommendations with its readers, with the statement “our eyes on…
Zeynep Kuray
İstanbul
Lawsuit against journalists who protested the detention of journalists – Zeynep Kuray
A lawsuit was filed against ETHA editor Pınar Gayip, Evrensel reporter Eylem Nazlıer, Direnişteyiz.org reporter Esra Soybir, Struggle Union reporter Serpil Ünal, Gazete Patika reporter Yadigar Aygün and journalist Zeynep…
Serpil Ünal
İstanbul
Lawsuit against journalists who protested the detention of journalists – Serpil Ünal
A lawsuit was filed against ETHA editor Pınar Gayip, Evrensel reporter Eylem Nazlıer, Direnişteyiz.org reporter Esra Soybir, Struggle Union reporter Serpil Ünal, Gazete Patika reporter Yadigar Aygün and journalist Zeynep…
Esra Soybir
İstanbul
Lawsuit against journalists who protested the detention of journalists – Esra Soybir
A lawsuit was filed against ETHA editor Pınar Gayip, Evrensel reporter Eylem Nazlıer, Direnişteyiz.org reporter Esra Soybir, Struggle Union reporter Serpil Ünal, Gazete Patika reporter Yadigar Aygün and journalist Zeynep…
Eylem Nazlıer
İstanbul
Lawsuit against journalists who protested the detention of journalists – Eylem Nazlıer
A lawsuit was filed against ETHA editor Pınar Gayip, Evrensel reporter Eylem Nazlıer, Direnişteyiz.org reporter Esra Soybir, Struggle Union reporter Serpil Ünal, Gazete Patika reporter Yadigar Aygün and journalist Zeynep…
Pınar Gayip
İstanbul
Lawsuit against journalists who protested the detention of journalists – Pınar Gayip
A lawsuit was filed against ETHA editor Pınar Gayip, Evrensel reporter Eylem Nazlıer, Direnişteyiz.org reporter Esra Soybir, Struggle Union reporter Serpil Ünal, Gazete Patika reporter Yadigar Aygün and journalist Zeynep…
Furkan Karabay
İstanbul - 2024
Furkan Karabay – compensation case
The first hearing of the non-pecuniary damage case worth 100 thousand TL, filed against journalist Furkan Karabay on the charge of “unfair attack on personal rights” (TCK 125) with the…
