At least eighty journalists are currently in prison in Turkey. This was announced by the media rights organization Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) in Istanbul on Sunday. The NGO stands by harassed media professionals who are being prosecuted for their work in Turkey, provides pro bono legal support and monitors trials. It also conducts information campaigns at home and abroad.

As can be seen from MLSA's current list of imprisoned media workers, five of those in custody are women. They include JinNews correspondent Şehriban Abi and journalist Nazan Sala, who were arrested in Wan in October on charges of membership in a terrorist organization and "anti-state coverage of social events." The charges stem from articles about the so-called "helicopter torture" by Turkish military forces of two Kurdish villagers, one of whom did not survive the ordeal.

IFJ: Turkey largest jailer of journalists worldwide

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) recently described Turkey in a report as the "largest jailer of journalists in the world". More media professionals are currently imprisoned in the country ruled by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan than in China (23) or Saudi Arabia (13).

Below is the MLSA list of editors, reporters, columnists and media workers imprisoned in Turkey because of the work they do:

1	Abdulkadir Turay	Dicle News Agency (DİHA), reporter
2	Abdullah Özyurt	Zaman newspaper, reporter
3	Adnan Bilen	Mesopotamia News Agency, Van reporter
4	Ahmet Altan	Journalist, novelist
5	Ahmet Feyzullah Özyurt
6	Ahmet Metin Sekizkardeş	Zaman
7	Ahmet Uzan	Sabah Egeli
8	Alaaddin Akkaşoğlu	Karşı daily, Gediz Haber owner
9	Ali Ahmet Böken	TRT, News Coordinator
10	Ali Demirer	Bugün TV, Chief editor
11	Ali Ünal	Zaman, Columnist
12	Ali Yüce	TRT Radio, Broadcasting chief
13	Ayşenur Parıldak	Haberdar.com, Zaman
14	Aytekin Gezici	Journalist, writer
15	Beytullah Özdemir	Cihan News Agency, Düzce representative
16	Burçin Selçuk Dokgöz	Zaman and Cihan, former reporter
17	Cemil Uğur	Mesopotamia News Agency, Van reporter
18	Cihan Acar	Bugün, former reporter
19	Cuma Ulus	Millet newspaper, broadcasts coordinator
20	Çetin Çiftçi	Bugün, parliament reporter
21	Emre Soncan	Zaman, defense reporter
22	Ercan Gün	Fox TV, News editor
23	Erdal Süsem	Eylül magazine, editor
24	Erdal Şen	Meydan newspaper, managing editor
25	Erkan Akkuş	Kanaltürk and Bugün TV former managing editor
26	Erol Zavar	Odak, magazine owner and managing editor
27	Ersin Demirci	Zaman, Erzurum
28	Fahri Öztoprak	Zaman, Erzurum
29	Faruk Akkan	Cihan News Agency
30	Ferhat Çiftçi	Azadiya Welat, Gaziantep correspondent
31	Fethi Altun	Zaman
32	Fevzi Yazıcı
33	Gültekin Avcı
34	Hakan Ergün	Azadiya Welat and Özgür Gündem, distributor
35	Halil İbrahim Öztürkeri	TRT
36	Hamza Günerigök	TRT, anchorman
37	Hanım Büşra Erdal	Zaman, reporter, columnist
38	Harun Çümen	Zaman, former Managing Editor
39	Hasan Hüseyin Örs	TRT
40	Hasan Taşar	TRT, former Ankara correspondent
41	Hatice Duman	Atılım newspaper, owner and managing editor
42	Hidayet Karaca	Samanyolu, Broadcasting Corp. CEO
43	Hüdaverdi Yıldırım	Bugün TV, Editor
44	İbrahim Karakaş	Yeni Yaşam newspaper staffer
45	İsmail Çoban	Azadiya Welat, managing editor
46	Kamuran Sunbat	DİHA, former Çukurova reporter
47	Kazım Canlan	Cihan, Ankara News Director
48	Kenan Karavil	Radyo Dünya, Editor-in-Chief
49	Mahmut Gülecan	Özgür Halk journal, Managing editor
50	Mehmet Aslan	Mesopotamia News Agency, reporter
51	Mehmet Baransu	Taraf, writer
52	Mehmet Güleş	DİHA, reporter
53	Miktat Algül	Mezitli FM Genel broadcasts coordinator
54	Murat Çapan	Nokta, managing editor
55	Murat Dağdeviren	Demokrat Gebze newspaper, owner
56	Mustafa Erkan Acar	Bugün newspaper, newsroom editor
57	Mustafa Gök	Ekmek ve Adalet magazine, Ankara correspondent
58	Mustafa Ünal	Zaman
59	Mutlu Çölgeçen	Millet newspaper, newsroom coordinator
60	Nazan Sala	Freelance journalist
61	Nedim Türfent	DİHA, reporter
62	Nuh Gönültaş
63	Nuri Yeşil	Azadiya Welat, Dersim correspondent
64	Oğuz Usluer	Habertürk, former broadcasts coordinator
65	Özcan Keser	TRT, reporter
66	Özden Kınık	TRT
67	Sami Tunca	Mücadele Birliği magazine, managing editor
68	Sertan Önal	Halkın Günlüğü, reporter
69	Seyid Kılıç	TRT News
70	Seyithan Akyüz	Azadiya Welat, Adana correspondent
71	Şehriban Abi	Jin News, Van reporter
72	Şeref Yılmaz	Irmak TV
73	Turgut Usul	TRT, anchorman
74	Ufuk Şanlı	Vatan, former writer
75	Uğur Yılmaz	DİHA, Bitlis News Portal, Bitlis Municipal Press Unit, reporter
76	Vahit Yazgan	Zaman, İzmir regional Bureau Chief
77	Yakup Şimşek	Zaman, marketing manager
78	Yılmaz Kahraman	Özgür Halk magazine, editor
79	Zafer Özcan	Bugün, Finance editor
80	Ziya Ataman	DİHA, reporter