Actor given 21-month sentence for “insulting the president”; prosecutor demands conviction of 7 journalists for sharing 2016 article

The trial court can either decide to comply with the Supreme Court of Appeals’ ruling or insist on its previous stance

Bülent Şık given 15-month prison sentence; journalist Ziya Ataman sentenced to 14 years on “terrorist group membership” charge

Trial of two Bloomberg reporters and 36 others over currency crisis gets under way; a journalist and a musician convicted in one week

Lawyer Figen Çalıkuşu requests the Council of Judges and Prosecutors to replace current court panel, saying it has lost its impartiality

Mehmet Baransu ordered to remain behind bars; 5 journalists arrested in Mardin released; journalist Levent Uysal attacked by armed assailants

At least 9 journalists arrested while covering protests against trustees; writer Ayşegül Tözeren released from custody; journalist assaulted in Mersin

Journalist Ergin Çağlar arrested at Mersin Courthouse; Hamburg-based Turkish couple arrested over social media posts after landing in Istanbul

News portal bianet’s website “erroneously” put on long list of websites to be blocked; peace academic acquitted after Constitutional Court ruling

Regulation bringing online broadcasting under RTÜK control goes into effect; academic Tuna Altınel released at first hearing

Top court rules that convictions against academics violate freedom of expression; academic Füsun Üstel released

Court rejects requests for Ahmet Altan, Nazlı Ilıcak and their three co-defendants to be released pending trial

SETA’s report, published on 5 July 2019, targeted journalists in Turkey who work with a number of leading international media outlets

Supreme court says Mehmet Altan should be acquitted while Ahmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak should face terrorism-related charges

Five defendants convicted in Özgürlükçü Demokrasi trial; Constitutional Court issues judgments in applications by Ahmet Altan, Nazlı Ilıcak and others

This article originally published in Turkish on 22 June 2018 is now a European Press Prize nominee for the Innovation Award 2019

Constitutional Court rejects applications of Ahmet Altan, Nazlı Ilıcak and 5 former Cumhuriyet journalists

Journalist Haydar Ergül released after 15 months in pre-trial detention; nine defendants in Özgür Gündem solidarity trial convicted of “propaganda”