Freedom of Expression Defendants Name by Name

According to the July-August-September 2010 Media Monitoring Report prepared by the Independent Communications Network (BİA) Media Monitoring Desk, ", the judiciary is persecuting the ones who are doing independent journalism or who are expressing different opinions on the "Kurdish question" in the scope of "struggling against terrorism".

The forty-page report includes sections on "Killed journalists", "Attacks and Threats", "Arrests and Detentions", "Ongoing Detentions and Imprisonments" "Trials on Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression", "Corrections and Legal Redress", "European Court of Human Rights", "Reactions to Censorship and Monopolization" and "RTÜK Applications".

Read here a list of journalists, writers, politicians and media institutions that are being tried on charges related to freedom of thought and expression.

Journalists, writers and politicians on trial

Abdullah Demirbaş, Abdurrahman Dilipak, Abdurruhman Saran, Adnan Demir, Adnan Keskin, Ahmet Altan, Ahmet Birsin, Ahmet Ertak, Ahmet Şık, Ahmet Türk, Akın Birdal, Akif Beki, Ali Barış Kurt, Arat Dink, Ayhan Demirel, Ayla Ata Akat, Aylin Güzel, Aysel Tuğluk, Aziz Özer, Bahar Kılıçgedik, Barış Açıkel, Barış Yarkadaş, Baskın Oran, 54 mayors as members of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), Bedri Adanır, Behdin Tunç, Berivan Eker, Berna Yılmaz, Burhan Ekinci, Bünyamin Demirkan, Büşra Erdal, Cabbar Demirci, Cemal Doğan, Cengiz Çandar, Cevdet Şen, Çağdaş Kaplan, Deniz Yıldırım, Dilek Karakoyun, Diya Yarayan, Doğan Akhanlı, Doğan Erbaş, Durmuş Tuna, Edip Tekin, Emcet Olcayto, Emre Uslu, Emrullah Özbey, Enver Aydemir, Erdal Güler, Ertuğrul Kürkçü, Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, Faysal Tunç, Fehmi Kılıç, Ferhat Tunç, Ferhat Tüzer, Fethullah Kapkapcı, Fikret Karagöz, Filiz Koçali, Füsun Erdoğan, Gençağa Karafazlı, Gurbet Çakar, Hacı Boğatekin, Hacı Orman, Hakan Tahmaz, Halil Mert, Harun Aksoy, Hasan Çakkalkurt, Hasan Günaydın, Hasan Tüfekçi, Hatice Korkut, Haydar Haykır, Hayri Beşer, Helin Karakoyun, Hrant Dink family, Hüseyin Kalkan, İbrahim Çeşmecioğlu, İbrahim Çiçek, İnan Süver, İrfan Dündar, İrfan Sancı, İsmail Beşikçi, İsmail Eskin, İsmail Saymaz, İsmail Yerguz, Jake Hess, Kemal Göktaş, Kenan Karavil, Leyla Zana, M. Nedim Karadeniz, Mahmut Alınak, Mahmut Şakar, Markar Eseyan, Mehdi Tanrıkulu, Mehmet Ali Birand, Mehmet Baransu, Mehmet Güler, Mehmet Halis İş, Mehmet Nuri Kökçüoğlu, Mehmet Söğüt, Melih Altınok, Melih Aşık, Meray Ülgen, Metin Arslan, Metin Arslan, Metin Tekçe, Mustafa Balbay, Mustafa Dolu, Mustafa Elveren, Mustafa Koyuncu, Namık Durukan, Nazlı Ilıcak, Nedim Şener, Nejdet Atalay, Neşe Düzel, Nevzat Çiçek, Nurettin Kurt, Nurgün Balcıoğlu, Nuri Aykon, Orhan Miroğlu, Osman Baydemir, Ozan Kılınç, Ömer Çelik, Özcan Aladağ, Özgür Topsakal, Pervin Oduncu, Pınar Sağ, Ragıp Zarakolu, Ramazan Pekgöz, Ramazan Pekgöz, Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı, Sarkis Seropyan, Seçkin Özdemir, Sedat Şenoğlu, Selahattin Demirtaş, Selçuk Kozağaçlı, Selim Sadak, Semra Pelek, Seyithan Akyüz, Sibel Hürtaş, Songül Erol Abdil, Suzan Zengin, Şahin Bayar, Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Şiar Rişvanoğlu, Şükrü Gökkaya, Taylan Tanay, Tekin Irşi, Temel Demirer, Tuncay Aslan, Tuncay Özkan, Tuncer Köseoğlu, Ufuk Akaya, Utku Aykar, Vahap İş, Vedat Kurşun, Veysi Sarısözen, Yakup Önal, Yalçın Ergündoğan, Yasemin Çongar, Yıldıray Oğur, Yılmaz Alp, Yılmaz Sağlık, Yüksel Genç, Zeycan Balcı Şimşek, Ziya Çiçekçi.

Media institutions and companies

Açılım newspaper, Adana Radyo Dünya, Adana Ulus, Adanahabermerkezi.com, Agos newspaper, Akit, Akşam newspaper, Aram Publishings, Atılım newspaper, Aydınlık magazine, Azadiya Welat newspaper, Belge Publishings, Bianet,  Birgün newspaper, Bizim Radyo Televizyonu (BR TV), Bugün, Çağımızda Hukuk ve Toplum magazine, Çine Uğur newspaper, Devrimci Demokrasi magazine, Devrimci Hareket, Devrimci Marksizm, Dicle News Agency (DİHA), Doğan News Agency (DHA), Ekşi Sözlük website, Emirdağ newspaper, Fırat News Agency, Gaziantep Sabah newspaper, Gerçek newspaper, Gerçek Gündem, Gerger Fırat newspaper, Gözcü newspaper, gunesincocuklari.com,  Gün TV, Güney magazine, Günlük Evrensel, Günlük newspaper, HaberTürk newspaper, haberugur.com, Hawar newspaper, Hürriyet newspaper, İhlas News Agency (İHA), İşçi Köylü magazine, Kanal D, Kent newspaper, Midyat Habur newspaper, Milliyet newspaper, Muş Haber 49 newspaper, Nasname internet site, Özgür Düşün magazines, Özgür Radyo, Playboy website, Radikal newspaper, Renge Heviya Jine (The Colour of the Woman's Hope) magazine, Sabah newspaper, Sanat ve Hayat Dergisi, Sanliurfa.com website, Show TV, Star, Şarköyün Sesi, Taraf newspaper, Tevn Yayınevi, TouTube, Tunceli Emek newspaper, Türkiye newspaper, Ulusal Kanal, Vakit newspaper, Yeni Binyıl newspaper, Yeni Şafak newspaper, Yeniden Özgür Gündem newspaper, Zaman newspaper. (BA/EÜ/VK)

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* Click here to read a summary of the report.

* Information: BİA Media Monitoring Desk, Tel. (0212) 251 15 03, Fax. (0212) 251 16 09, e-mail.[email protected]