29 June 2025 Yusuf Çelik, a reporter for Özgür Gelecek newspaper, was detained while covering the 23rd Istanbul Pride March in Istanbul. Çelik was released under a travel ban.

19-21 March 2025 In Istanbul’s Saraçhane district, journalists covering protests that broke out after the detention of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor and presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu were subjected to police…