The journalists stood trial due to dozens of articles they produced. One of them was given a deferred prison sentence.

Arı is facing up to six years in prison over his reporting on corruption allegations.

The platform said the investigation was opened against a user and not the platform itself despite contrary media reports.

Berk was found guilty of "being a member of a terrorist organization."

The order was based on "protecting national security."

An article series that it part of an international investigation has been blocked from access to "protect national security."

The purpose of this handbook is to map good practices of media activism to inspire activities for defending public interest in media and communications, including the promotion of media and information literacy.

The owner pressed several charges against the media workers, framing their protests as an attempt to damage the company's commercial reputation.

The former editor-in-chief of Habertürk TV is charged with leading a criminal organization that lured women into an exploitation network by supplying them with drugs.

The prosecutor's office denied the allegations and charged Yelis Ayaz with spreading disinformation, an accusation increasingly used against journalists.

Şık had written about the potentially misleading marketing of herbal products. He was found liable for unfair competition against a company that manufactures such products.

More than 200 people have been detained as an investigation determined that over 2 billion dollars were laundered within the financial system.

Hacıoğlu spent five months in pretrial detention last year. "I stand behind every report I made and every word I said. You cannot cover up the truth with the sentences handed down," she said after the ruling.

Among the reports cited in the accusations is Arı’s coverage of Erdoğan family members serving on the boards of several foundations.

Tuba Ulu is on trial over her joke that "even Sultan Suleiman married his fuck buddy."

The two defendants denied the charges, contradicting camera footage and witness testimonies that showed an unprovoked assault.

Sarya Toprak's reporting on the Gülistan Doku murder case was met with a smear campaign against her family.

The BİA Media Monitoring Report shows that in the first three months of 2026, journalists in Turkey were besieged by arrests, detentions, attacks, censorship, compensation lawsuits, RTÜK fines, and layoffs. Journalism enters May 3 World Press Freedom Day under the pressure of uniformity.

RSF cited the regular use of accusations such as “disinformation,” “insulting the president” and “denigrating state institutions” as tools to suppress journalism.

At least 83 journalists have been charged with spreaing disinformation since the law entered into force in 2022.