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Defendants: Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, Çayan Demirel Position: Journalist & Documentary Directors Accusations: Making terrorist propaganda Possible sentences: up to 5 years Court: Batman 2. High Criminal Court Case Background: Journalist Ertuğrul Mavioğlu and Çayan Demirel, who is the director of a documentary called “A Guerilla Documentary: Bakur” are being charged with “making terrorist propaganda” on the documentary which was…
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Defendants: Uğur Yılmaz Media Outlet and Position: DİHA – Photojournalist Status: Imprisoned Facility: Elazığ No.2 Closed Prison Accusations: Membership in a terrorist organization; Terrorist propaganda Possible sentence: 9,5 up to 25 years Court: Bitlis 2. High Criminal Court Case Background: Uğur Yılmaz, a former reporter for now-shuttered Dicle News Agency (DİHA) who also worked in Batman Mayorship’s Press Department, was arrested on…
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Defendants: Kibriye Evren Media Outlet and Position: Jinha News Agency – Journalist Status: Imprisoned Facility: Diyarbakır E-type closed prison Accusations: Membership of a terrorist organization; Making terrorist propaganda Possible sentence: up to 22 years Court: Diyarbakır 5. High Criminal Court Case Background: Kibriye Evren, a reporter of Jinha, was arrested on October 11, 2018 on…
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Defendants: Harun Çümen Media Outlet and Position: Zaman newspaper – Former Managing Editor Status: Imprisoned Facility: Balıkesir Prison Accusations: Membership of a terrorist organization Possible sentence: – Court: İstanbul 32. High Criminal Court Case Background: Harun Çümen, a former managing editor of the now-closed Zaman newspaper, was arrested on March 7, 2018, on charges of “membership of a terrorist organization”. After 10…
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Defendants: Atakan Sönmez Media Outlet and Position: Cumhuriyet – Former news editor Accusations: Making terrorist propaganda Possible sentences: – Court: İstanbul 13. High Criminal Court Case Background: Atakan Sönmez, the former news editor of Cumhuriyet newspaper, faces charges of “spreading terrorist propaganda” over two articles published on Turkish military operations in Afrin, Syria. Articles published on January 20, 2018, were cited…
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