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Doğan Can İlek
Rize - 2020
Coronavirus watch: Regarding the absence of quarantine measures – Investigation against Doğan Can İlek
An investigation is launched against Gençağa Karafazlı and Doğan Can Dilek due to their article published by Evrensel Newspaper on March 17. The article reported the absence of quarantine measures for…
Gençağa Karafazlı
Rize - 2020
Coronavirus watch: Regarding the absence of quarantine measures – Investigation against Gençağa Karafazlı
An investigation is launched against Gençağa Karafazlı and Doğan Can Dilek due to their article published by Evrensel Newspaper on March 17. The article reported the absence of quarantine measures for…
Eren Sarıkaya
Bartın - 2020
Coronavirus watch: Detention of editor-in-chief of Halk Newspaper and Pusula Newspaper, Eren Sarıkaya
Mustafa Ahmet Oktay, owner of the Halk newspaper and Pusula Newspaper in Bartın, and Eren Sarıkaya, editor-in-chief, were detained due to news about the coronavirus. Sarıkaya was released after giving…
Mustafa Ahmet Oktay
Bartın - 2020
Coronavirus watch: Detention of grantholder of Halk Newspaper and Pusula Newspaper, Mustafa Ahmet Oktay
Mustafa Ahmet Oktay, owner of the Halk newspaper and Pusula Newspaper in Bartın, and Eren Sarıkaya, editor-in-chief, were detained due to news about the coronavirus. Oktay was released after giving…
Aydın Atay
Diyarbakır - 2020
Coronavirus watch: Investigation against journalist Aydın Atay
On March 18, 2020, an investigation was launched against journalist Aydın Atay, due to his social media post on a news titled ” Diyarbakır Courthouse is closed” for allegedly “causing…
Osman Zümrüt
Samsun - 2011
Osman Zümrüt – Trial for “Insult”
Osman Zümrüt has been given1.740 Turkish liras of fines due to this article entitled “R.’nin İtlerinden Yüce Allah’a Sığınmak” in the newspaper named Haber published in Samsun, for insulting the…
Alptekin Dursunoğlu
İstanbul - 2020
The lawsuit against Alptekin Dursunoğlu, Editor-in-Chief of Yakın Doğu Haber news website – “Provoking the Public to Hatred, Hostility or Degrading”
After an airstrike claimed the lives of 34 soldiers in Syria’s Idlib on February 27, prosecutors announced that an investigation was launched into “provocative” messages shared on social media. In…
Seyit Kılıç
İstanbul - 2017
Seyit Kılıç – “FETÖ” trial
On 13 February 2017, İstanbul 25th Heavy Criminal Court accepted the indictment prepared for 29 defendants whom are mostly journalists. The 25th High Criminal Court of İstanbul sentenced columnist and…
Ufuk Şanlı
İstanbul - 2017
Ufuk Şanlı – “FETÖ” trial
On 13 February 2017, İstanbul 25th Heavy Criminal Court accepted the indictment prepared for 29 defendants whom are mostly journalists. The 25th High Criminal Court of İstanbul sentenced columnist and…
Bünyamin Köseli
İstanbul - 2017
Bünyamin Köseli – “FETÖ” trial
On 13 February 2017, İstanbul 25th Heavy Criminal Court accepted the indictment prepared for 29 defendants whom are mostly journalists. A lawsuit has been filed against 26 journalists including journalists…
Muhammet Sait Kuloğlu
İstanbul - 2017
“FETÖ Media Organisation” Trial – Journalist Muhammet Sait Kuloğlu
On 13 February 2017, İstanbul 25th Heavy Criminal Court accepted the indictment prepared for 29 defendants whom are mostly journalists. A lawsuit has been filed against 26 journalists including journalists…
İbrahim Balta
İstanbul - 2017
İbrahim Balta – “FETÖ” trial
On 13 February 2017, İstanbul 25th Heavy Criminal Court accepted the indictment prepared for 29 defendants whom are mostly journalists. A lawsuit has been filed against 26 journalists including journalists…
Mutlu Çölgeçen
İstanbul - 2017
Mutlu Gölgeçen – “FETÖ” trial
On 13 February 2017, İstanbul 25th Heavy Criminal Court accepted the indictment prepared for 29 defendants whom are mostly journalists. A lawsuit has been filed against 26 journalists including journalists…
Hüseyin Aydın
İstanbul - 2017
Hüseyin Aydın – “FETÖ” trial
On 13 February 2017, İstanbul 25th Heavy Criminal Court accepted the indictment prepared for 29 defendants whom are mostly journalists. A lawsuit has been filed against 26 journalists including journalists…
Yaşar Anter
Muğla - 2020
Investigation against Yaşar Anter over a news on boat
Journalist Yaşar Anter was arrested due to an article published at Sözcü Newspaper, on the Sheikh of Dubai’s boat anchored to the coast of Bodrum, a district of Muğla. An…
Ebru Küçükaydın
Antalya - 2020
Coronavirus watch: Detention of haberimizvar.net Coordinator Ebru Küçükaydın
Editor-in-Chief İdris Özyol and editorial coordinator Ebru Küçükaydın of haberimizvar.net were taken into custody on 14 March. It was stated that the reasons for journalists’ detention were to panic the public and…
İdris Özyol
Antalya - 2020
Coronavirus watch: Detention of haberimizvar.net Editor-in-Chief İdris Özyol
Editor-in-Chief İdris Özyol and editorial coordinator Ebru Küçükaydın of haberimizvar.net were taken into custody on 14 March. It was stated that the reasons for journalists’ detention were to panic the public and to…
Barış Pehlivan
İstanbul - 2020
Physical violence against Barış Pehlivan
Odatv Editor-in-Chief Barış Pehlivan was subjected to violence by the prison warden on the day when he was arrested due to the news on the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) official…
Cumhuriyet Newspaper
Ankara - 2020
Rejection of compensation lawsuit launched into Cumhuriyet newspaper
The 23rd Civil Court of First Instance of Ankara rejected “the 3 penny compensation for non-pecuniary damages” regarding the photos of former AKP deputy and member of the Presidential Committee of…
Halk TV
2020
An administrative fine on Halk TV
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) issued an administrative fine against Halk TV on the grounds that it violates the “the rule of law, the principle of justice and…
Yeni Akit Newspaper
2014
Correction order and advertisement ban to Yeni Akit Newspaper
Yeni Akit Newspaper published an article on 16 January 2014 including several claims about Zekeriya Öz. Upon the request of Zekeriya Öz Bakırköy 2nd Civil Court of First Instance ruled that…
Semiha Alankuş
İstanbul - 2020
The investigation against Yeni Yaşam editor Semiha Alankuş
Yeni Yaşam Newspaper editor-in-chief Ferhat Çelik, chief editor Aydın Keser and editor Semiha Alankuş were asked to give their statement regarding the news published covering the funeral of a National…
Oda TV
İstanbul - 2020
Access block on OdaTV news portal
The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) has announced that access to Odatv news website has been blocked from Turkey due to the news covering the story of a National Inteligence…
Müyesser Yıldız
Ankara
Müyesser Yıldız from Oda TV – the trial based on “insult” and “calumny” allegations
Oda Tv news portal’s Ankara office news editor Müyesser Yıldız is standing trial for the allegations on “insult” and “calumny”. The case relies on news articles she penned in relation…
Mehmet Şirin Akgün
Edirne - 2020
The detention of Rudaw TV cameraman Mehmet Şirin Akgün
On 29 February, Rudaw TV reporter Rawin Sterk and cameraman Mehmet Şirin Akgün was taken into custody while they were reporting about refugees awaiting at the Edirne border. Akgün’s detention…
Işıl Özgentürk
İstanbul - 2019
Işıl Özgentürk- The trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
Director and Cumhuriyet Newspaper columnist Işıl Özgentürk is standing trial for allegedly propagandizing for a terrorist organization. The charges against Özgentürk are based on two posts and two pictures shared…
Ferdi Sertkal
Van - 2020
Yeni Yaşam newspaper reporter Ferdi Sertkal – “propagandising for a terrorist organisation”
At the hearing held on March 3 at the 4th High Criminal Court of Van, Yeni Yaşam newspaper reporter Ferdi Sertkal has been sentenced to 1 year 6 months and…
Mahir Boztepe
İstanbul - 2020
The detention of Sputnik News Agency Editor-in-chief Mahir Boztepe
Sputnik Turkey’s Editor-in-chief Mahir Boztepe was taken into custody in Istanbul from the office of the agency. According to Anadolu Agency’s news, journalist was requested to give a statement in…
Sputnik News Agency
Ankara - 2020
The detention of 3 journalists from Sputnik News Agency
Three journalists working for Sputnik News Agency were taken into custody in relation to the article “The ‘Stolen Province’: Why Turkey Was Given A Corner Of Syria By France 80 Years…
Sputnik News Agency
Ankara - 2020
Attempted attack to Sputnik News Agency journalists
On March 1, a group of 15-20 people attempted an attack to the houses of three journalists working at Sputnik News Agency. The crowd shouted slogans including “martyrs do not…
Mehmet Erol
Diyarbakır - 2020
Journalist Mehmet Erol -“propagandising for a terrorist organisation”
Journalist Mehmet Erol, who has been tried for the charges of “propagandising for a terrorist organisation” on the grounds of his social media posts, was acquitted by the 10th High Criminal…
Sultan Çoban
Konya - 2020
Journalist Şükran Çoban is standing trial for allegedly “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
Journalist Sultan Çoban was on trial for alleged “making propaganda for a terrorist organization” due to her facebook sharing. At the hearing held on February 27, Konya 8th High Criminal…
Barış Terkoğlu
Elazığ - 2018
Access ban to Barış Terkoğlu’s article on child abuse
Oda TV News Editor Barış Terkoğlu, covered a child abuse story of a 17 year old who was a member of “Alperen Ocakları” (a far-right youth organization related to the…
Barış Terkoğlu
İstanbul - 2020
The lawsuit filed against Barış Terkoğlu due to his article on child abuse
Oda TV News Editor Barış Terkoğlu, covered a child abuse story of a 17 year old who was a member of “Alperen Ocakları” (a far-right youth organization related to the…
Faruk Arhan
İstanbul - 2018
Faruk Arhan is on trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
The Istanbul Anatolian 60th Criminal Court of First Instance acquitted journalist Faruk Arhan of the charge of allegedly “insulting the President of Republic” in June 2018. He has been standing…
Alev Coşkun
İstanbul - 2020
A compensation lawsuit against Cumhuriyet newpaper the grant holder of Cumhuriyet newspaper Alev Coşkun
Upon the complaint of President Erdogan’s son-in-law and Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak due to the article “Damat n’oluyo, elin kolun oynuyo” about Trabzonspor, a compensation lawsuit of 100…
Barış Terkoğlu
İstanbul - 2020
A compensation lawsuit against Cumhuriyet newspaper columnist Barış Terkoğlu
Upon the complaint of President Erdogan’s son-in-law and Minister of Treasury and Finance Berat Albayrak due to the article “Damat n’oluyo, elin kolun oynuyo” about Trabzonspor, a compensation lawsuit of 100…
JinNews
2020
Access block to JinNews for the 9th time
With the decision of the 3rd Criminal Court of Peace of Ankara, dated February 21, 2020, BTK has imposed access block to the Jin News for the ninth time (22 February).
İbrahim Varlı
İstanbul - 2016
The trial against İbrahim Varlı from Birgün Daily, due to “Panama Documents” articles
Berat Albayrak, the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources at the time, filed a lawsuit against BirGün Publishing Coordinator İbrahim Varlı for articles highlighting the relation between Berat Albayrak and…
Şirin Kabakçı
İstanbul - 2017
Zaman’s Konya representative Şirin Kabakçı is on trial for “membership in a terrorist organisation [FETÖ]”
Şirin Kabakçı, the former Konya bureau chief of the shuttered newspaper Zaman, was arrested on May 11, 2017. Kabakçı is standing trial for the charge of “membership in a terrorist organisation”.…
Murat Güreş
Gaziantep - 2019
Gaziantep Ayıntap Correspondent Murat Güreş, is standing trial for “violating the confidentiality of an investigation”
Murat Güreş, a columnist for the local newspaper Ayıntap in Gaziantep, detained in August 2017 for two weeks is standing trial for “violating the confidentiality of an investigation”. Güreş has…
Hakkı Boltan
Diyarbakır - 2020
Detention of journalist Hakkı Boltan
Seven people including Hakkı Boltan, the spokesperson of the Free Journalists Initiative (ÖGİ) and Yeni Yaşam newspaper correspondent and HDP Provincial Organization administrator Abdurrahim Alçiçek were taken into custody on…
Show TV
2020
Administrative fine on Show TV by RTÜK
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) issued an administrative fine of 355.358 Turkish Liras against Show TV on the grounds of violation of the principle not to encourage “the use of…
Yunus Duman
Van - 2020
Detention of Mezopotamya News Agency Van correspondent Yunus Duman
Mezopotamya Agency (MA) Van reporter Yunus Duman was taken into custody due to a hoax during the house raids by police in Van on February 13. He was released three…
Ragıp Zarakolu
İstanbul - 2016
Özgür Gündem Main Trial: Ragıp Zarakolu
Özgür Gündem newspaper was shut down on 16 August 2016 by the decision of Istanbul 8th Criminal Judgeship of Peace. Subsequent to this decision journalists and executives of the newspaper…
Bilge Aykut
İstanbul - 2016
Özgür Gündem Main Trial: Bilge Aykut
Özgür Gündem newspaper was shut down on 16 August 2016 by the decision of Istanbul 8th Criminal Judgeship of Peace. Subsequent to this decision journalists and executives of the newspaper…
Filiz Koçali
İstanbul - 2016
Özgür Gündem Main Trial: Filiz Koçali
Özgür Gündem newspaper was shut down on 16 August 2016 by the decision of Istanbul 8th Criminal Judgeship of Peace. Subsequent to this decision journalists and executives of the newspaper…
bianet
İstanbul - 2020
Access ban to bianet English’s article on Berat Albayrak’s land purchase
İstanbul 7th Penal Judgeship of Peace imposed access ban to the English translation of the article regarding the land purchase of Minister Berat Albayrak which was originated Hazal Ocak’s article…
Evrensel Daily
2020
Access block to a news article published in the website of Evrensel daily
The 8th Criminal Court of Peace in Ankara imposed an access ban (dated 10 February 2020) to the news published in the website of Evrensel Newspaper upon the request of…
Ali İhsan Terzi
İstanbul - 2020
Former reporter for Evrensel newspaper, Ali İhsan Terzi – “propagandising for a terrorist organisation”
Former reporter for Evrensel daily, Ali İhsan Terzi has been sentenced to 1 year 6 months and 22 days of imprisonment for the charge of “propagandising for a terrorist organisation”…
