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Defendants: Can Dündar Media Outlet and Position: Özgür Gündem – “Editors-in-Chief on Watch” campaign Accusations: Making terrorist propaganda; Publishing materials of a terrorist organization Possible sentences: – Court: İstanbul 22. High Criminal Court Case Background: Can Dündar, former editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet newspaper, is being tried for his participation in the solidarity campaign “Editors-in-Chief on Watch”, for the pro-Kurdish newspaper Özgür Gündem. A number…
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Defendants: Deniz Kılıç Media Outlet and Position: Azadiya Welat – Correspondent Accusations: Spreading terrorist propaganda Possible sentence: up to 5 years Court: Batman 2. High Criminal Court Case Background: Deniz Kılıç, a former correspondent of now-closed Kurdish Azadiya Welat newspaper for city Batman, is being charged with “spreading terrorist propaganda” over his social media posts between 2014 and 2015. Kılıç was…
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Defendants: Necmiye Alpay Media Outlet and Position: Özgür Gündem – Co-editor-in-chief, philologist Accusations: Terrorist propaganda Charges: – Court: İstanbul 33. High Criminal Court Necmiye Alpay, a Turkish philologist and editor, is facing charges of “spreading terrorist propaganda” for her support to the “Academics for Peace” petition entitled “We will not be a party to this crime!” which was signed initially by over…
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Defendants: Hayri Demir, Sibel Hürtaş, Barış Ceyhan +8 others Media Outlet and Position: Mezopotamya News Agency, Artı TV, Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper – Reporters, Correspondent Accusations: Inciting the public to hatred and animosity; Conducting propaganda for a terrorist organization through publication Possible sentences: up to 10 years 6 months Court: Ankara 15. High Criminal Court Case…
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Defendants: Şirin Kabakçı Media Outlet and Position: Zaman newspaper – Correspondent Accusations: Membership of a terrorist organization Possible sentence: – Court: İstanbul 35. High Criminal Court Case Background: Şirin Kabakçı, Konya correspondent for now-closed Zaman newspaper, was arrested on May 1, 2017, on charges of “membership of a terrorist organization”. He is accused of alleged links to the Gülen movement, the…
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