Cumhuriyet columnist and IPI Executive Board Member Kadri Gürsel delivered a stirring defence of the rights of journalists on Monday as he stood in court to face sham charges of aiding terrorism. Gürsel, who faces up to 15 years in prison, is one of 17 prominent Cumhuriyet journalists and executives on trial this week in […]

Cumhuriyet Reporter Ahmet Şık delivered his defence statement on July 26, 2017, the third day of the trial of 17 journalists and executives from the paper. But rather than a traditional defence against the charge he faces, Şık, who has been held in Turkey’s Silivri Prison since the beginning of this year, delivered a blistering […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), together with other leading international free expression groups as well as international journalists, today continued observing the trial against journalists and staff of Turkey’s last major critical newspaper. Extremely important solidarity in Istanbul for #pressfreedom #cumhuriyet17 @EFJEUROPE @ECPMF https://t.co/6CnRTRxidn — Mogens B. Bjerregård (@mogensbb) July 25, 2017 This morning, international […]

Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu delivered his defence statement on July 25, 2017, the second day of the trial of 17 journalists and executives from the paper. Sabuncu was scheduled to speak on July 24, but his testimony was delayed by a day after gendarmes at the Silivri Prison, where he has been held since October […]