Mehmet Altan and Şahin Alpay’s lawyers: “President’s words should be followed, top court rulings should not be ignored”

Arrest warrant for Ragıp Zarakolu lifted in sixth hearing of Özgür Gündem case, trial adjourned to June 4

13 journalists receive prison sentences in February, CHP lawmaker highlights in monthly “Rights Violations on the Press Report”

BirGün editor Ekici sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in jail after 7 months in pretrial detention; court orders his release on judicial control terms

Two journalists in Van handed down suspended prison sentences for their 2015 reporting; Sendika.org editor’s house raided by police

No verdict was announced at trial of journalists Murat Aksoy, Atilla Taş and 24 others as defense statements could not be completed.

None of the defendants received a fair trial

Çetin Kurşun, a reporter for the shuttered newspaper Azadiya Welat, jailed pending trial, bringing number of imprisoned journalists in Turkey to 155

Jailed journalist Nur Ener Kılınç released from prison on house arrest; 4 journalists in Adana convicted of “membership in terrorist organization”

Journalist sentenced to 8 years and 9 months for “membership of a terrorist organization”

Altan brothers, Nazlı Ilıcak and 3 co-defendants handed down aggravated life sentences for “attempting to overthrow constitutional order”

Deniz Yücel, who had been in pretrial detention without an indictment since February 2017, is freed pending trial

Imprisoned BirGün editor Burak Ekici appears in first hearing of trial; court rules to keep Ekici in pretrial detention in Silivri

Constitutional Court ruling not allowed to go on record- instead key journalist trial moved from Istanbul to Silivri

The court is expected to issue its verdict at the end of the five-day hearing on February 12-16. Lawyers say free speech is on trial

Journalists beaten up by police during 2016 raid on Özgür Gündem daily’s offices appear before court as suspects on charges of resisting police

Journalist Cem Bahtiyar sent to prison over social media posts and news articles; 157 journalists are in prison across Turkey

ETHA reporter Ali Sönmez Kayar jailed while former Zaman editor İbrahim Balta released in “FETÖ media trial”