3 Arrested, 16 Sued Out of 50 Prosecuted Editors-in-Chief on Watch

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Özgür Gündem daily has come up against numberless probes, cases and censor since Juley 24, 2015 when the conflict restarted.

Despite the crackdowns, 56 people have supported the Özgür Gündem’s Editor-in-Chief on Watch Campaign that was launched on May 3.

Those who joined the campaign got their share of the probes launched by prosecutors Gökhan Yolasığmaz and Eşref Durmuş.

Those into whom investigation has been launched

Investigation has been launched into 50 out of 56 editors-in-chief on charge of “terrorist organization propaganda”.

Those into whom investigation has been launched are as follows:

Faruk Eren, Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, Ayşe Düzkan, Erol Önderoğlu, Celalettin Can, Mustafa Sönmez, Melda Onur, Fehim Işık, Celal Başlangıç, Eşber Yağmurdereli, Ragıp Duran, Nurcan Baysal, Ömer Ağın, Ahmet Abakay,İhsan Çaralan, Işın Eliçin, Murat Çelikkan, Uğur Karataş, Öncü Akgül, Ayşe Batumlu, Sebahat Tuncel, Saruhan Oluç, Nadire Mater, Beyza Üstün,Mehmet Güç, Tuğrul Eryılmaz, Faruk Balıkçı, Şeyhmus Diken, Necmiye Alpay, Jülide Kural, Yıldırım Türker, Ahmet Nesin, Kemal Can, Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Hasip Kaplan, Nevin Erdemir, Tuğrul Eryılmaz, Hakkı Boltan, Cengiz Baysoy, Kumru Başer, Veysi Altay, Hasan Hayri Şanlı,Hasan Cemal, Deniz Türkali, Dicle Anter, Çilem Küçükkeleş, Said Sefaoğlu, Aydın Engin, İhsan Eliaçık and İmam Canpolat.

16 lawsuits

Investigations have turned into lawsuits against Faruk Eren, Ayşe Düzkan, Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, Hakkı Saruhan Oluç, Celal Başlangıç, Mehmet Fehim Işık, Ragıp Duran, Murat Çelikkan, İhsan Çaralan, Kemal Can, Öncü Akgül, Emine Beyza Üstün, Celalettin Can.

Three arrests

Indictments on Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Turkey Representative and bianet rapporteur Erol Önderoğlu, and Turkey Human Rights Foundation (TİHV) Chair Şebnem Korur Fincancı are kept by İstanbul 13th Heavy Penal Court. The court is expected to see the indictments on Friday (July 1).

Indictment on journalist author Ahmet Nesin is at İstanbul 14th Heavy Penal Court. It is unclear when Nesin’s indictment will be seen.

Six non-prosecution

Non-prosecution has been issued on Mustafa Sönmez, Hasip Kaplan, Ahmet Abakay, Nurcan Baysal, Eşber Yağmurdereli ve Melda Onur.

Fines

250,000 TL (80,000 euro) has been imposed on Reyhan Çapan, and 100,000 TL has been imposed on Eren Keskin in the investigations launched within the scope of Press Act by June 2016. They daily’s website has been blocked for five times. (EA/TK)