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Aydın Engin
İstanbul - 2016
Case of Cumhuriyet Newspaper – Aydın Engin
Verdict has been rendered in Cumhuriyet trial: 15 people have been sentenced in total to 81 years and 45 days in prison, three people have been acquitted. Files of Can…
Pelin Ünker
İstanbul - 2018
Pelin Ünker – Lawsuit for damages over Paradise Papers
Orhan Erinç, the chair of the Cumhuriyet Foundation, and the newspaper’s Economics Correspondent and Finance Editor Pelin Ünker are accused of “attacking personal rights” due to the “Paradise Papers” articles…
Orhan Erinç
İstanbul - 2018
Lawsuit against Orhan Erinç, the chair of the Cumhuriyet Foundation due to articles on Paradise Papers
Orhan Erinç, the chair of the Cumhuriyet Foundation, and the newspaper’s Economics Correspondent and Finance Editor Pelin Ünker are accused of “attacking personal rights” due to the “Paradise Papers” articles…
Nuri Akman
Gaziantep - 2017
Dihaber Correspondent Nuri Akman is on trial for the charges of “espionage” and “membership in a terrorist organisation”
Erdoğan Alayumat, a local reporter for Dihaber based in Hatay, has been in custody for more than six months. He and his younger colleague Nuri Akman, who was released on…
Kutlu Esendemir
İstanbul - 2018
The co-owner of daily Karşı, Kutlu Esendemir – “aiding a terrorist group without being its member”
The “Karşı newspaper trial,” where 12 defendants, including the former publisher of the shuttered daily, Turan Ababey, and the newspaper’s former employees, including its one-time editor in chief Eren Erdem,…
Onur Kala
İstanbul - 2018
The Co-owner of daily Karşı Onur Kala – “membership in a terrorist organization”
The “Karşı newspaper trial,” where 12 defendants, including the former publisher of the shuttered daily, Turan Ababey, and the newspaper’s former employees, including its one-time editor in chief Eren Erdem,…
Ufuk Emin Köroğlu
İstanbul - 2016
Daily Karşı correspondent Ufuk Emin Köroğlu is on trial for “membership in a terrorist organisation” and “disclosing the identities of public officials who have taken part in the fight against terrorism”
The “Karşı newspaper trial,” where 12 defendants, including the former publisher of the shuttered daily, Turan Ababey, and the newspaper’s former employees, including its one-time editor in chief Eren Erdem,…
Alican Uludağ
İstanbul - 2017
Alican Uludağ on Trial for “breaching of the confidentiality of an investigation” 2
Cumhuriyet Daily reporter Alican Uludağ was sentenced to ten months of imprisonment due to the news article published on March 20, 2017 with the title, “Yes-sayer Prosecutor atFETÖ meeting.” Istanbul…
Nazlı Ilıcak
İstanbul - 2019
Journalist Nazlı Ilıcak is standing trial for “disclosure of confidential information”
In January 2018, the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued a new indictment against Ilıcak, accusing the journalist of “Disclosure of Information Which Must be Kept Confidential” as per Article…
Fatih Polat
İstanbul - 2019
Fatih Polat – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
Journalist Fatih Polat stands trial for “insulting the president of Republic” charges because of his column published in Evrensel on 28 May 2017 titled “Do the respondents have anything to…
Çağrı Sarı
İstanbul - 2019
Çağrı Sarı – trial for “insult and libel”
On November 8 and 9, 2017, Evrensel newspaper published two articles entitled “Albayrak and His Brother Come up in Paradise Papers As Well” and “Paradise Papers: Paradise for Them, Inferno…
Hasan Şanlı
İstanbul - 2017
Özgür Gündem Trials: The Editors-in-Chief on Watch Campaign – Hasan Şanlı
The Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign of Özgür Gündem daily had begun on May 3, 2016 and ended on August 7, 2016. Daily was closed through the Statutory Decree No. 675…
Nevin Erdemir
İstanbul - 2017
Özgür Gündem Trials: The Editors-in-Chief on Watch Campaign – Nevin Erdemir
The Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign of Özgür Gündem daily had begun on May 3, 2016 and ended on August 7, 2016. Daily was closed through the Statutory Decree No. 675…
Hakkı Boltan
İstanbul - 2017
Özgür Gündem Trials: The Editors-in-Chief on Watch Campaign – Hakkı Boltan
The Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign of Özgür Gündem daily had begun on May 3, 2016 and ended on August 7, 2016. Daily was closed through the Statutory Decree No. 675…
Reyhan Çapan
İstanbul - 2017
Özgür Gündem Trials: The Editors-in-Chief on Watch Campaign – Reyhan Çapan
The Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign of Özgür Gündem daily had begun on May 3, 2016 and ended on August 7, 2016. Daily was closed through the Statutory Decree No. 675…
Eren Keskin
İstanbul - 2017
Özgür Gündem Trials: The Editors-in-Chief on Watch Campaign – Eren Keskin
The Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign of Özgür Gündem daily had begun on May 3, 2016 and ended on August 7, 2016. Daily was closed through the Statutory Decree No. 675…
Derya Okatan
İstanbul - 2017
Özgür Gündem Editor-in-Chief on Watch Derya Okatan – trial for “publishing the statements of a terrorist organization”
The Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign of Özgür Gündem daily had begun on May 3, 2016 and ended on August 7, 2016. Daily was closed through the Statutory Decree No. 675…
Dicle Anter
İstanbul - 2017
Özgür Gündem Editor-in-Chief on Watch Dicle Anter – trial for “publishing the statements of a terrorist organization”
The Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign of Özgür Gündem daily had begun on May 3, 2016 and ended on August 7, 2016. Daily was closed through the Statutory Decree No. 675…
Faruk Balıkçı
İstanbul - 2017
Özgür Gündem Editor-in-Chief on Watch Faruk Balıkçı – trial for “publishing the statements of a terrorist organization”
The Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign of Özgür Gündem daily had begun on May 3, 2016 and ended on August 7, 2016. Daily was closed through the Statutory Decree No. 675…
Kumru Başer
İstanbul - 2017
Özgür Gündem Editor-in-Chief on Watch Kumru Başer – trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
The Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign of Özgür Gündem daily had begun on May 3, 2016 and ended on August 7, 2016. Daily was closed through the Statutory Decree No. 675…
Ayşe Batumlu
İstanbul - 2017
Özgür Gündem Editor-in-Chief on Watch Ayşe Batumlu – trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
The Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign of Özgür Gündem daily had begun on May 3, 2016 and ended on August 7, 2016. Daily was closed through the Statutory Decree No. 675…
Hasan Cemal
İstanbul - 2017
Özgür Gündem Editor-in-Chief on Watch Hasan Cemal – trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
The Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign of Özgür Gündem daily had begun on May 3, 2016 and ended on August 7, 2016. Daily was closed through the Statutory Decree No. 675…
Murat Uyurkulak
İstanbul - 2017
Özgür Gündem Editor-in-Chief on Watch Murat Uyurkulak – trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
The Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign of Özgür Gündem daily had begun on May 3, 2016 and ended on August 7, 2016. Daily was closed through the Statutory Decree No. 675…
Nadire Mater
İstanbul - 2017
Özgür Gündem Trials: The Editors-in-Chief on Watch Campaign – Nadire Mater
The Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign of Özgür Gündem daily had begun on May 3, 2016 and ended on August 7, 2016. Daily was closed through the Statutory Decree No. 675…
Yıldırım Türker
İstanbul - 2017
Özgür Gündem Editor-in-Chief on Watch Yıldırım Türker – trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
The Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign of Özgür Gündem daily had begun on May 3, 2016 and ended on August 7, 2016. Daily was closed through the Statutory Decree No. 675…
Deniz Kılıç
Batman - 2019
The former Batman representative for Azadiya Welat newspaper Deniz Kılıç is on trial – “propagandising for a terrorist organisation”
The 2nd High Criminal Court of Batman sentenced the former representative of now-closed Azadiya Welat newspaper by decree-law, Deniz Kılıç to 3 years 1 month and 15 days of imprisonment…
Mehmet Fırat Öksüz
Mersin - 2019
Detention of Mezopotamya News Agency reporter, Mehmet Fırat Öksüz
On November 26, 2019, raids were carried out to many addresses including Mesopotamia Agency (MA) reporter Mehmet Fırat Öksüz in Mersin. Many people were detained during the raids. Öksüz, who…
Medina Gümüş
Adana - 2019
An investigation against journalist Medina Gümüş
The police raided the house of journalist Medina Gümüş at around 04.40 a.m. today (November 21), as part of an investigation by Adana Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. While Gümüş could…
Yalçın Ergündoğan
Ankara - 2018
ECtHR – Decision on Yalçın Ergündoğan
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that columnist Yalçın Ergündoğan’s right to freedom of expression was violated on 17 April 2017 due to a fine he sentenced for…
Fox TV
İstanbul - 2018
Broadcast suspension of FOX TV by RTÜK
Upon the initiative of President Erdoğan’s lawyer, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has imposed a penalty of broadcast suspension for three days and an administrative fine on FOX…
Zeki Erden
Şanlıurfa
Zeki Erden – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization”
The journalist for Özgürlük Demokrasi Newspaper Zeki Erden was sent into court house of Urfa after he was taken into custody for 14 days on the claim of “membership in…
Hakan Gence
Ankara - 2018
Overturn of lawsuit for damages against Hakan Gence
The Supreme Court of Appeals on January 29, 2018, rescinded a 2014 court decision which ruled that journalist Perihan Mağden and reporter Hakan Gence pays TL 5,000 each in compensation…
Ahmet Takan
Ankara - 2019
Physical attack against journalist Ahmet Takan
Ahmet Takan, a columnist for Korkusuz newspaper, was attacked in front of his house in Dikmen, Ankara yesterday (November 20). A person in his late twenties hit Takan on the…
Fikret Başkaya
Ankara - 2019
Fikret Başkaya is on trial – Propagandising for a terrorist organisation
Writer and academic Fikret Başkaya put on trial for the charge of “Propagandising for a terrorist organisation” over an article published online on the website of Özgür Üniversite (The Free…
İdris Yılmaz
Van - 2018
Journalist Idris Yilmaz is standing trial for “membership of an illegal organisation”
Journalist Idris Yilmaz, was standing trial on charges of “membership to an illegal organization” because of news articles he wrote. The 5th High Criminal Court of Van sentenced him to…
Ahmet Altan
İstanbul
Ahmet Altan on Trial: “Violating the confidentiality of an investigation”
Altan is accused of “attempting to influence a fair trial” and “violating the confidentiality of an investigation” due to his article called “Who is out of the Mafia?” published on…
Serdar Altan
Van - 2017
Serdar Altan – trial for “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
The 2nd High Criminal Court of Van acquitted Gülsüm Altan and the reporter Serdar Altan at the first hearing of the case in October 2017, in which they were tried…
Yunus Önal
Bitlis - 2017
Yunus Önal – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization”
An investigation was launched against journalist Yunus Önal when he was working as Kurdish editor for Sputnik. Önal was blocked by police officers as he was heading home and was…
Yılmaz Yıldız
İstanbul - 2018
Yılmaz Yıldız – trial for “publishing the statements of a terrorist organization”
Chief editor of daily Özgürlükçü Demokrasi Yılmaz Yıldız and managing editör İshak Yasul have been sentenced to ten months of imprisonment each for “propagandising for a terrorist organisation [PKK] through…
Veli Haydar Güleç
2018
Veli Haydar Güleç – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization”
TV10 (the pro-Alevi television channel) CEO Veli Büyükşahin, board member Veli Haydar Güleç and 33 others were detained on January 10, 2018 and they were arrested along with the 13…
Veli Büyükşahin
2018
Veli Büyükşahin – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization”
TV10 (the pro-Alevi television channel) CEO Veli Büyükşahin, board member Veli Haydar Güleç and 13 others were arrested for “membership in a terrorist organisation” in the scope of the operations…
Vedat Çetin
Diyarbakır
Detention of Vedat Çetin
Journalist and writer Vedat Çetin was detained on October 19 during a raid on his Diyarbakır home as part of an investigation into the Democratic Society Congress (DTK). He was…
Ümit Zileli
İzmir
Ümit Zileli – trial for “insulting the memory of a person”
Journalists Ümit Zileli, Nagehan Alçı and Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı had been sentenced to 105-day of imprisonment by the 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance of İzmir for “insulting the memory…
Ümit Kartal
İzmir
Detention of Ümit Kartal
Ümit Kartal, the editor in chief of the Izmir-based local newspaper İz was taken in custody during a police raid on the office of the newspaper due to the reports…
Uğur Sağındık
İstanbul
Uğur Sağındık – trial for “membership of a terrorist organization” and “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”
Uğur Sağındık was arrested on 27 April 2018 as part of an investigation launched by the Antalya Public Prosecutor’s Office on grounds of a complaint. Sağındık is indicted for “membership…
Uğur Akgül
Mardin - 2018
Arrest of Uğur Akgül
Uğur Akgül was sentenced to 2 years, 6 months imprisonment for “propagandising for a terrorist organisation” due to the news that he reported during the period of curfews in 2015…
Türkan Aydoğan
Mardin - 2018
ECtHR – Decision on Türkan Aydoğan
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Dara Radio TV official Türkan Aydoğan shall be paid 4,500 euros in compensation in February 2018 as the Court held in…
Turgut Usul
Ankara - 2018
Turgut Usul – trial for “membership of FETÖ”
Turgut Usul, a former reporter for the Turkish state broadcaster TRT, who had already been dismissed from his profession through an emergency decree (KHK) was arrested on charges of “membership…
Tunca Öğreten
İstanbul - 2019
Tunca Öğreten – trial for “insulting the President of the Republic”
After the “Erdoğan Selfie” cover of the Nokta magazine was pulled off the shelves in September 2015, Perihan Mağden, a columnist of the magazine, gave an interview to Tunca Öğreten,…
Taner Talaş
Adana - 2018
Taner Talaş – trial for “knowingly and willingly aiding an armed terrorist organization as a non-member”
On February 16, 2018, the 11th High Criminal Court of Adana acquitted the owner of Adana Medya, Taner Talaş in the case which he was pending trial for “membership in…
