TRIAL MONITORING
TRIAL MONITORING
Reports and data from IPI’s monitoring of journalists’ trials in Turkey
Turkey Trial Blog: Photojournalist’s case launched upon the complaint of the police officers who assaulted him adjourned
IPI monitored the first hearing of the case in which AFP photojournalist Bülent Kılıç, who was tortured and detained by…
Turkey Trial Blog: Court releases 15 journalists detained for over a year in Diyarbakır
The International Press Institute (IPI) traveled to Diyarbakır, Turkey, in July 2023 to monitor the first hearing of a case…
Turkey Trial Blog: JINNEWS News Director released in her first hearing after one year in pre-trial detention
The International Press Institute (IPI) traveled to Diyarbakır, Turkey, to monitor the first hearing of the case in which JINNEWS…
Turkey Trial Blog: Ankara court releases 11 journalists arrested in mass raids
On May 16, 2023, a representative of the International Press Institute (IPI) attended and monitored the trial of 11 journalists…
Turkey Trial Blog: Journalists’ case launched upon the complaint of President Erdoğan’s former lawyer combined with three other cases
The International Press Institute (IPI) monitored the sixth hearing in the trial of journalists Can Bursalı, Barış Terkoğlu, Barış Pehlivan…
Turkey Trial Blog: ANKA Editor-in-Chief faces trial for what used to be considered standard reporting
On February 21, 2023, a representative of the International Press Institute (IPI) attended and monitored the trial of journalist Mansur…
Turkey Trial Blog: Journalists face prison sentence for reporting on illegal construction
IPI monitored the eighth hearing of the trial in which Vedat Arık, Olcay Büyüktaş, Hazal Ocak and İpek Özbey face…
Turkey Trial Blog: Acquittal of freelance journalists hints at power of solidarity
On December 20, 2022, International Press Institute (IPI) representatives attended the final hearing in the trial of freelance journalist Sezgin…
Turkey Trial Blog: Ankara journalist faces 22 years in prison based on ‘evidence’ from ‘stolen’ memory cards
On June 29, 2022, a representative of the International Press Institute (IPI) attended and monitored the trial of journalist Hayri…
Turkey Trial Blog: Journalists trials based on arbitrary charges continued in February
During the week of February 21, 2022, International Press Institute (IPI) representatives attended and monitored several trials against journalists in…
Turkey Trial Blog: A newspaper is on trial – and on so many levels
International Press Institute (IPI) representatives monitored the December 1 hearing of four Cumhuriyet journalists and editors on trial for reporting…
Turkey Trial Blog: A never-ending trial
On September 30, 2021, International Press Institute (IPI) representatives monitored the third hearing of the retrial of Erol Önderoğlu, an…
Turkey Trial Blog: Kurdish journalist acquitted of “membership of a terrorist organization”
On October 12, 2021, International Press Institute (IPI) representative attended and monitored the trial of Kurdish journalist Ruşen Takva at…
Turkey Trial Blog: Another day of extremes at Çağlayan: Journalists tried on insulting the president, coup plotting
IPI global network representatives monitored the hearings of journalists Deniz Yücel and Ahmet Sever as well as three former Zaman…
Turkey Trial Blog: Journalist Melis Alphan acquitted
On May 21, 2021, International Press Institute (IPI) Turkey National Committee member İpek Yezdani monitored the second hearing of the…
Turkey Trial Blog: Several journalists tried on arbitrary charges
During the week of February 22, 2021, International Press Institute (IPI) representatives, as part of IPI’s Turkey trial monitoring programme,…
Turkey Trial Blog: The view from the most interesting cafe in the world
International Press Institue (IPI) Turkey National Committee Vice Chair Emre Kızılkaya monitored the first hearing of the retrial of Erol…
Turkey Trial Blog: Three journalists on trial for “targeting” police officer in Gezi reporting
On September 17, 2020, IPI attended the first hearing in Turkey of Cumhuriyet journalists Canan Coşkun and Ali Açar and…
Turkey Trial Blog: Turkey sentences journalists for ‘revealing’ name of intelligence agent
A Turkish court on September 9 sentenced five journalists to a total of 22 years in prison for allegedly “revealing”…
Blog: Inside the start of Jamal Khashoggi murder trial in Turkey
About this blog: IPI member and representative İpek Yezdani attended the opening of the Jamal Khashoggi murder trial on July…
Turkey Trial Blog: Six journalists charged with reporting on minister’s leaked emails
On February 6, an International Press Institute (IPI) delegation spent a day in Istanbul’s Justice Palace to monitor the so-called…
Turkey Trial Blog: Uncertainty and distrust prevail in Turkey’s courts
The International Press Institute (IPI) Executive Director Barbara Trionfi spent the day on February 13 monitoring the trials of two…
Turkey Free Expression Trial Monitoring Report November – 2019
The International Press Institute (IPI) in collaboration with the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA), today published the fourth trial…
Turkey Trial Blog: Turkey’s release of Kurdish journalist highlights rule of law concerns
The release last month of Turkish-Kurdish journalist Idris Sayılğan, after more than 1,000 days in prison, was a joyous moment….
Turkey Trial Blog: One day inside Istanbul’s Justice Palace
On November 28, an International Press Institute (IPI) delegation spent a day in Istanbul’s Justice Palace to monitor four different…
Turkey Free Expression Trial Monitoring Report September – 2019
The International Press Institute (IPI) in collaboration with the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA), today published the third trial…
Turkey Free Expression Trial Monitoring Report September – 2019
The International Press Institute (IPI) in collaboration with the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA), today published the third trial…
Turkey Free Expression Trial Monitoring Report – July 2019
The International Press Institute (IPI), in cooperation with the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA), today published a new report…
Turkey Free Expression Trial Monitoring Report: May 2019
Since 2018, the International Press Institute (IPI) has been observing trials of journalists in Turkey to monitor violations of the…
Turkey Trial Blog: Turkish courts violate journalists’ right to fair trial, new report finds
Turkish courts regularly violate journalists’ right to a fair trial, according to the preliminary results of a trial monitoring project being carried…
Turkey Trial Blog: Cumhuriyet trial report: No crime, no evidence, no justice
Türkçesi için tıklayınız. After 17 months of judicial proceedings and a collective total of almost 10 years of pretrial detention,…
