About 90 journalists, writers and human rights defenders will appear before courts in the coming days
Turkish injustice: Scores of journalists, rights defenders facing trial
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Mehmet Altan: The law or law of the enemy?
Mehmet Altan is an academic economist, journalist, and author of over 25 books.
Ahmet Altan: I am not your defendant
Ahmet Altan is one of over 150 journalists who is in detention in Turkey.
Fourteen months on from arrest, Zaman journalists appear in court
The Zaman media case in which 31 journalists, columnists and staff are being tried of membership “of a terrorist organisation”, starts 14 months on from the first arrest was made.
Cumhuriyet: A pained history of suppression, assassinations and betrayal
The trial of Cumhuriyet journalists and executives resumes on 11 September. It is more than likely that some of the newspaper’s former executives will testify against them, but neither imprisonment nor backstabbing is new in Cumhuriyet’s strained 93-year existence.
Turkey: The Kurdish victims of Sur
In the wake of the failed July 2016 coup against the government of Turkey, emergency rule has brought with it the expropriation of homes and the displacement of residents in the country’s south-east.
Cumhuriyet journalists: Imprisoned for changing editorial policy
Cumhuriyet journalists and executives face trial beginning Monday 24 July for abetting the failed 15 July 2016 coup against the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkey: The wife of imprisoned journalist Murat Aksoy tells of his ordeal
Journalist Murat Aksoy has been detained in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown. His wife Şehriban tells how the arrests have taken a toll on her family.
The story of a strange (un)release from prison
Dr. Sunay Usluer, the wife of a journalist imprisoned in Turkey, shares her account of the anxious hours waiting for the release that never came.
Turkey’s journalists have no time for fear
Cumhuriyet journalist Canan Coşkun, facing two upcoming trials for her reporting, talks about her attitude to the dangers of life as a reporter.
Turkey Uncensored is an Index on Censorship project to publish articles from censored Turkish writers, artists and translators.
On 15 July shots heard inside the General Staff headquarters in Ankara signalled the beginning of the assault against Turkey’s democratic institutions. Tanks and fighter jets opened fire on and around parliament and other buildings, resulting in the death of more than 240 people.
This was the catalyst to an unparalleled level of attacks on media freedom in the country. By 30 September, 98 journalists were arrested and charged, 133 media professionals were detained, 133 media outlets were shut down and approximately 2,500 journalists lost their jobs. Learn more.