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İzel Sezer
İstanbul - 2022
Lawsuit against İzel Sezer
Mustafa Doğan İnal, the former lawyer of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, filed a lawsuit against İleri Haber news website’s Editor-in-Chief İzel Sezer and Managing Editor Batuhan Batun after the allegations…
Hazal Ocak
İstanbul - 2020
Lawsuit for damages against Hazal Ocak over news on Berat Albayrak
A lawsuit for damages was filed against reporter Hazal Ocak, who had her signature on a news report entitled “The son-in-law knows what to do” (Damat işi biliyor) regarding Minister…
Haydar Ergül
Diyarbakır - 2017
Journalist Haydar Ergül is standing trial for allegedly being a member of a terrorist organization
Haydar Ergül was arrested by a police raid to his house on 28 July 2017 and is being tried for allegedly being a member of a terrorist organization. The prosecution…
İsmail Arı
İstanbul
Investigation against İsmail Arı
Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched against BirGün reporter İsmail Arı due to his book titled “Menzil’s Safe”, in which he describes the commercial relations and public organization of…
Murat Ağırel
İstanbul
Threat to Journalist Murat Ağırel
Journalist Murat Ağırel stated that there were always people with masks in front of his house and he was threatened in the “Kayda Geçsin” program he attended on Halk TV.…
Abdurrahman Gök
Diyarbakır - 2018
Abdurrahman Gök – trial for “being a member of a terrorist organization” and “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
Journalists Abdurrahman Gök, Lezgin Akdeniz, Cihan Ölmez, Esra Solin Dal and Semiha Alankuş and Mehmet Akdoğan who were taken into custody in house raids conducted as part of a Diyarbakır-based…
Safiye Alağaş
Diyarbakır - 2018
Safiye Alağaş – trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
A lawsuit was filed by the Diyarbakır’s Public Prosecutor’s office against Alağaş in relation to news articles published under her watch. Alağaş is accused of “making terrorist propaganda” and faces…
Furkan Karabay
İstanbul - 2023
Furkan Karabay – “public insult” and “slander” allegations
Journalist Furkan Karabay, upon the complaint of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s former lawyer Mustafa Doğan İnal, was charged with “public insult” (TPC 125) and “slander” (TPC 267) for his news…
Sedef Kabaş
İstanbul - 2023
Sedef Kabaş – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
An indictment has been prepared for Sedef Kabaş for the offence of insulting the President (Turkish Criminal Code article 299) upon the complaint by the lawyers of President Recep Tayyip…
Ayşe Batumlu
İstanbul - 2018
Özgür Gündem newspaper columnist Ayşe Batumlu – trial for “provocation to commit an offence”
The 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance in Istanbul sentenced Ayşe Batumlu, lawyer and columnist of Özgür Gündem newspaper, to 5 months of imprisonment for “provocation to commit an offence”.…
Reyhan Çapan
İstanbul - 2017
Özgür Gündem managing editor Reyhan Çapan – “openly inciting to commit crimes”, “praising an offence and offender”, “successively propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
The trial where Özgür Gündem co-editor in chief Hüseyin Aykol, journalist Hasan Başak and Reyhan Çapan are being tried is continuing in front of İstanbul 13 Heavy Criminal Court. The…
Pınar Gayip
İstanbul - 2018
Pınar Gayıp – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization”
Journalists from Etkin News Agency (ETHA) Pınar Gayıp and Semiha Şahin were taken into custody on April 13, 2018. On April 19, Şahin and Gayıp were arrested by the Prosecutor’s…
Timur Soykan
İstanbul
Timur Soykan’s reporting on “loan to the mafia” censored
Journalist Timur Soykan’s article titled “550 million TL loan from Halkbank to the mafia” published in Birgün was blocked from access and removed from content upon Halkbank’s complaint. The court…
Sinan Aygül
Bitlis - 2023
Investigation against Sinan Aygül
An investigation was launched on October 3 against Sinan Aygül, President of Bitlis Journalists’ Association, who was seriously wounded on June 17 in Tatvan district of Bitlis when he was…
Ozan Alper Yurtoğlu
İstanbul - 2023
Ozan Alper Yurtoğlu – “insulting the President” and “insulting a public official”
Cumhuriyet newspaper columnist Barış Pehlivan and Managing Editor Ozan Alper Yurtoğlu are on trial at Istanbul 15th Criminal Court of First Instance on charges of “insulting the President” (TCK 299)…
Barış Pehlivan
İstanbul - 2023
Barış Pehlivan – “insulting the President” and “insulting a public official”
Cumhuriyet newspaper columnist Barış Pehlivan and Managing Editor Ozan Alper Yurtoğlu are on trial at Istanbul 15th Criminal Court of First Instance on charges of “insulting the President” (TCK 299)…
Yasin İpek
Van
Journalist Yasin İpek assaulted in Van
Anadolu Web TV licensed publisher and chair of the Journalists, Writers and Intellectuals Union Platform Association (TÜGYAP) Yasin İpek was assaulted in Van in the evening of 2 June 2024…
Uğur Mumcu
Ankara - 1993
Trial of the murder of Uğur Mumcu
The Umut Trial including also the murder of journalists Uğur Mumcu and Ahmet Taner Kışlalı back in the 90s, has been continuing with the five defendants and the bomber, sought…
Azim Deniz
Kayseri - 2022
Physical attack against Azim Deniz
Businessperson Sedat Kılınç was punched by a group of people before the program to be broadcast on the Deniz Postası TV channel’s studio in the Sahabiye Neighborhood in Kayseri’s Kocasinan…
Erdoğan Alayumat
İstanbul - 2024
Erdoğan Alayumat – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization”
Mezopotamya News Agency reporters Mehmet Aslan and Esra Solin Dal and Yeni Özgür Politika reporter Erdoğan Alayumat were taken into custody during house raids conducted on April 23 in an…
Esra Solin Dal
İstanbul - 2024
Esra Solin Dal – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization”
Mezopotamya News Agency reporters Mehmet Aslan and Esra Solin Dal and Yeni Özgür Politika reporter Erdoğan Alayumat were taken into custody during house raids conducted on April 23 in an…
Mehmet Aslan
İstanbul - 2024
Mehmet Aslan – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization”
Mezopotamya News Agency reporters Mehmet Aslan and Esra Solin Dal and Yeni Özgür Politika reporter Erdoğan Alayumat were taken into custody during house raids conducted on April 23 in an…
Osman Akın
İstanbul - 2022
Investigation against Yeni Yaşam newspaper’s Managing Editor Osman Akın
On the grounds of their news about the allegations of crime group leader Sedat Peker regarding Turkuvaz Media group’s owner Serhat Albayrak, an investigation was launched against Yeni Yaşam newspaper’s…
Ferhat Çelik
İstanbul - 2022
Investigation against Yeni Yaşam newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief Ferhat Çelik
On the grounds of their news about the allegations of crime group leader Sedat Peker regarding Turkuvaz Media group’s owner Serhat Albayrak, an investigation was launched against Yeni Yaşam newspaper’s…
Sinan Aygül
Bitlis - 2022
Sinan Aygül – Trial for “publicly spreading misleading information”
Bitlis News Editor-in-Chief and Bitlis Journalists’ Association Chair Sinan Aygük was detained following his news story about the harassment of a child. Announcing the detention on Twitter, Aygül wrote, “Due…
Nurcan Yalçın
Diyarbakır
Nurcan Yalçın detained during police raid in Diyarbakır
During home raids in Diyarbakır on May 6, 2024, journalists Nurcan Yalçın and Derya Us were detained on charges of “membership in a terrorist organization” (Turkish Criminal Code Article 314/2)…
Derya Us
Diyarbakır
Derya Us detained during police raid in Diyarbakır
During home raids in Diyarbakır on May 6, 2024, journalists Nurcan Yalçın and Derya Us were detained on charges of “membership in a terrorist organization” (Turkish Criminal Code Article 314/2)…
Tele 1
İstanbul
RTÜK fined Tele1
RTÜK fined Tele1 2 percent of revenue on grounds that program guest Rıfat Serdaroğlu describing some politicians as “the palace’s house guard” “had exceeded the limits of criticism (3 May).
Now TV
İstanbul - 2024
RTÜK fined Now TV 2 percent of revenue
RTÜK fined Now TV 2 percent of revenue for “violating the right to privacy” (TCK 134) over showing the image of a mobile phone regarding messaging between former Minister of…
Serpil Ünal
İstanbul - 2024
Serpil Ünal in custody
Mücadele Birliği’s reporter Serpil Ünal during monitoring the groups banned by the Istanbul Governorship from Taksim Square on May 1, was taken into custody after being handcuffed behind the back…
Umut Taştan
İstanbul
Journalist Umut Taştan injured in police intervention on 1 May
Journalists Fatoş Erdoğan and Umut Taştan, who were covering the 1 May Workers and Laborers Day celebrations in İstanbul, were injured in the police intervention. While journalist Umut Taştan suffered…
Fatoş Erdoğan
İstanbul - 2024
Journalist Fatoş Erdoğan injured in police intervention on 1 May
Journalists Fatoş Erdoğan and Umut Taştan, who were covering the 1 May Workers and Laborers Day celebrations in İstanbul, were injured in the police intervention. While journalist Umut Taştan suffered…
Ekim Veyisoğlu
İstanbul
Siyasi Haber reporter Ekim Veyisoğlu detained
Siyasi Haber reporter Ekim Veyisoğlu, who had taken images of a refugee woman being forcefully detained by the police at the Mecidiyeköy metro station in İstanbul on 28 April 2024,…
Ekim Veyisoğlu
İstanbul
Reporter Ekim Veyisoğlu released on judicial control measures
Siyasi Haber reporter Ekim Veyisoğlu, who had taken images of a refugee woman being forcefully detained by the police at the Mecidiyeköy metro station in İstanbul on 28 April 2024,…
Yıldıray Oğur
İstanbul - 2016
The trial against columnist Yıldıray Oğur for “Operation Balyoz”
Taraf newspaper’s former administrators Ahmet Altan, Yasemin Çongar and Yıldıray Oğur, reporter Mehmet Baransu, and Aktüel reporter Tuncay Opçin have been standing trial at the Istanbul 13rd High Criminal Court…
Ahmet Altan
İstanbul - 2016
The trial against Editor-in-chief Ahmet Altan for “Operation Balyoz”
Taraf newspaper’s former administrators Ahmet Altan, Yasemin Çongar and Yıldıray Oğur, reporter Mehmet Baransu, and Aktüel reporter Tuncay Opçin have been standing trial at the Istanbul 13rd High Criminal Court…
Yasemin Çongar
İstanbul - 2016
The trial against Yasemin Çongar for “Operation Balyoz”
Taraf newspaper’s former administrators Ahmet Altan, Yasemin Çongar and Yıldıray Oğur, reporter Mehmet Baransu, and Aktüel reporter Tuncay Opçin have been standing trial at the Istanbul 13rd High Criminal Court…
Mehmet Baransu
İstanbul - 2016
The trial against correspondent Mehmet Baransu for “Operation Balyoz”
Taraf newspaper’s former administrators Ahmet Altan, Yasemin Çongar and Yıldıray Oğur, reporter Mehmet Baransu, and Aktüel reporter Tuncay Opçin have been standing trial at the Istanbul 13rd High Criminal Court…
Enes Sezgin
İstanbul - 2024
Enes Sezgin in custody
Yeni Yaşam Newspaper social media editor Enes Sezgin, the newspaper’s layout manager Saliha Aras and Eva Productions employee Beste Argat Balcı were detained during house raids in Istanbul, Ankara and…
Hayri Demir
Ankara - 2024
Censorship of journalist Hayri Demir by Middle East Technical University
Middle East Technical University (METU) Rectorate declined permission for journalist Hayri Demir to speak at the invitation of the Media Society. The Media Society stated, “According to its new regulations,…
İnan Kızılkaya
İstanbul - 2017
İnan Kızılkaya is on trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Journalists Hüseyin Aykol, the former co-editor-in-chief of the shuttered pro-Kurdish newspaper Özgür Gündem, İnan Kızılkaya, the newspaper’s former managing editor, and Evrensel columnist İhsan Çaralan were convicted of “insulting the…
İhsan Çaralan
İstanbul - 2017
İhsan Caralan is on trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Journalists Hüseyin Aykol, the former co-editor-in-chief of the shuttered pro-Kurdish newspaper Özgür Gündem, İnan Kızılkaya, the newspaper’s former managing editor, and Evrensel columnist İhsan Çaralan were convicted of “insulting the…
Erdem Avşar
İstanbul
Yeniçağ newspaper Managing Editor Erdem Avşar – defamation case
A lawsuit was filed against Yeniçağ newspaper’s Managing Editor Erdem Avşar due to the news titled “27., 28., 29. ve 30. tweetlerin içindeki sır belli oldu: Sedat Peker, Ali Fuat…
Gökay Başcan
İstanbul - 2022
Investigation against journalist Gökay Başcan
An investigation was launched against BirGün newspaper editör Gökay Başçan over a news report about a tendering regulation for the installment of eyebolts and buoys in bays. According to the…
Naci Sapan
Diyarbakır
“Insult” case against Naci Sapan
Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality Trustee and tender commission members filed an “insult” lawsuit (art. 125/3) against Tigris Haber newspaper’s publication coordinator Naci Sapan, on the grounds that he insulted them for…
Rüstem Batum
İstanbul - 2021
Rüstem Batum – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
The İstanbul 5th Criminal Court of First Instance put journalist Rüstem Batum on trial on the grounds that he protested the violations of rights in Turkey’s southeast, mentioned the effects…
Levent Gültekin
İstanbul - 2022
Levent Gültekin – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
A lawsuit was filed against journalist Levent Gültekin over his statement on his TV show; he was charged with “insulting the President of the Republic” as per the Article 299…
Furkan Karabay
İstanbul
Furkan Karabay was detained on charges of “slander” and “insult”
Furkan Karabay was detained on charges of “slander” and “insult”. Furkan Karabay, editor of the Gerçek Gündem news site, was taken to the courthouse in Çağlayan, Istanbul, by the police…
Eylül Deniz Yaşar
İstanbul
Violence against AFP Agency reporter Eylül Deniz Yaşar in custody
AFP Agency photo and video reporter Eylül Deniz Yaşar, who was covering the Newroz celebrations held in Yenikapı, Istanbul, was detained on March 17. Yaşar was released in the evening…
bianet
İstanbul - 2024
Access ban to news about corruption allegations against Bilal Erdoğan – Bianet
The Istanbul Anatolian 3rd Criminal Court of Peace blocked access to news articles about corruption allegations against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son Bilal Erdoğan on the websites BirGün (2), Cumhuriyet…
