İshak Karakaş, Lezgin Akdeniz handed down jail terms; jailed journalists Semiha Şahin, Pınar Gayıp, Harun Çümen ordered to remain behind bars;

The 30th Criminal Court of First Instance of Istanbul commuted the sentence to a fine of TL 7,000

Mehmet Gündem ordered to remain behind bars in 4th hearing; court convicts 7 defendants in Gün Matbaacılık case; Sözcü trial adjourned until April

Journalist Yasin Kobulan given 18-month prison sentence on “propaganda” charge; Evrensel journalists appear in courtrooms for four lawsuits in a week

Indictment seeks aggravated life sentences for Osman Kavala, Can Dündar, Memet Ali Alabora and 13 others for involvement in Gezi Park protests

Verdict means eight of the 14 convicted defendants will return to prison to serve their remaining sentences

Jailed ETHA journos İsminaz Temel, Adil Demirci freed; journalist Salih Turan sent to prison

Atilla Taş released on probation; Fatih Polat appears in court on “insulting the president” charge;

Şık faces up to 12 years in prison for revealing the results of a Ministry of Health research in a series of articles published in April in Cumhuriyet

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Journalists Reyhan Çapan, Seda Taşkın released from prison; new indictment accuses Gazete Karınca publisher of “propaganda”

The work addresses media self-regulation in diverse areas, ranging from newspaper ombudsmanship to Internet and new media

General Prosecutor says “coup” charge should be dropped in Altans case; Pelin Ünker, Perihan Mağden, Tunca Öğreten sentenced on “insult” charges

Court convicts the journalist of “libel” and “insult” in case filed by lawyers representing former PM Binali Yıldırım

Hasan Cemal appears in court for 2015 article; jailed journalist İdris Yılmaz given 6-year prison term

The petition urges the top court to rule on the application filed on behalf of Altan in November 2016 without further delay

The prosecutor submits his final opinion of the case during the first hearing, requesting that Kobulan be convicted

Former Konya bureau chief for the shuttered daily Zaman had been behind bars for 19 months on the charge of “membership in a terrorist group”