An active dossier of 2,507 journalists, photojournalists, editors, and bloggers currently detained, prosecuted, or missing — drawn live from the Committee to Protect Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, and our partner organizations across Russia, Belarus, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Myanmar, Israel/OPT, and dozens of other jurisdictions where the press is under attack.
These records contain only the structured fields source organizations publish — name, country, employer, charges, arrest date. They do not include the longer narratives in the main Political Prisoner Database. For the full case files maintained by CPJ, see cpj.org/data.
Tunca İlker Öğreten is a journalist with Taraf, Diken in Turkey. Imprisoned as of December 25, 2016; charges: Anti-state.
Mehmet Güleş is a journalist with Dihaber in Turkey. Imprisoned as of December 6, 2016; charges: Anti-state.
Vedat Beki is a journalist with Sözcü 18 in Turkey. Imprisoned as of November 29, 2016; charges: Anti-state.
Aysel Işık is a journalist with Jin News Agency (JİNHA) in Turkey. Imprisoned as of November 21, 2016; charges: Anti-state.
Akın Atalay is a journalist with Cumhuriyet in Turkey. Imprisoned as of November 11, 2016; charges: Anti-state.
Turhan Günay is a journalist with Cumhuriyet in Turkey. Imprisoned as of October 31, 2016; charges: Anti-state.
Güray Öz is a journalist with Cumhuriyet in Turkey. Imprisoned as of October 31, 2016; charges: Anti-state.
Mehmet Murat Sabuncu is a journalist with Cumhuriyet in Turkey. Imprisoned as of October 31, 2016; charges: Anti-state.
Mustafa Kemal Güngör is a journalist with Cumhuriyet in Turkey. Imprisoned as of October 31, 2016; charges: Anti-state.
Önder Çelik is a journalist with Cumhuriyet in Turkey. Imprisoned as of October 31, 2016; charges: Anti-state.
Musa Kart is a journalist with Cumhuriyet in Turkey. Imprisoned as of October 31, 2016; charges: Anti-state.
Kadri Gürsel is a journalist with Cumhuriyet in Turkey. Imprisoned as of October 31, 2016; charges: Anti-state.