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According to the BİA Media Monitoring Report January-February-March 2017 report, 118 journalists are in prison.
Of the 118 journalists, 16 are convicted, trials of 18 continue, 84 are under investigation. In the same period of 2016, 28 journalists 18 of whom were from Kurdish media were in prison.
We share the names of the 118 journalists who are in prison on May 3 World Press Freedom Day.
Imprisoned Journalists |
Abdulkadir Turay (DİHA Mardin correspondent) |
Abdullah Kaya (DİHA Diyadin correspondent) |
Abdullah Özyurt (Zaman newspaper Adana correspondent) |
Ahmet Altan (Taraf newspaper former yayın yönetmeni) |
Ahmet Memiş (Haberdar website news director) |
Ahmet Metin Sekizkardeş (Cihan Medya Board Deputy Chair) |
Ahmet Şık (Cumhuriyet newspaper) |
Ahmet Turan Alkan (Zaman newspaper former columnist) |
Ahmet Yavaş (TRT radyosu Erzurum correspondent) |
Akın Atalay (Cumhuriyet Foundation Executive Board Chair). |
Alaattin Güner (Cihan news agency former media director) |
Alaattin Kaya (Zaman newspaper former owner) |
Ali Bulaç (Zaman newspaper former columnist) |
Ali Ünal (Zaman newspaper former columnist) |
Ali Yüce (TRT radio broadcasting director) |
Arafat Dayan (Demokratik Ulus former editor in charge) |
Aslı Ceren Aslan (Özgür Gelecek editor-in-chief) |
Ayhan Demir (Çaldıran News Agency owner) |
Ayşe Nazlı Ilıcak (Bugün and Yarına Bakış newspapers’ columnist) |
Ayşenur Parıldak (Zaman newspaper correspondent) |
Aytekin Gezici (journalist-writer in Adana) |
Aziz İstegün (Zaman newspaper former Diyarbakır regional representative) |
Bayram Kaya (Zaman and Yeni Hayat newspapers correspondent) |
Bayram Parlak (Diyarbakır Radyo Cihan correspondent) |
Bülent Utku (Cumhuriyet Foundation Board Member) |
Cebrail Parıltılı (Anadolu Agency former Derik correspondent) |
Cemal Azmi Kalyoncu (Aksiyon magazine correspondent) |
Cuma Ulus (Millet newspaper former publishing coordinator) |
Cumali Önal (Zaman newspaper former editor in charge of Arab section) |
Deniz Yücel (Die Welt newspaper correspondent) |
Eda Şanlı (Bizim Antalya newspaper columnist) |
Emre Soncan (Zaman savunma former correspondent) |
Ercan Gün (Fox TV news editor) |
Erdal Süsem (Eylül Hapishane magazine editor) |
Erdal Şen (Meydan newspaper editor-in-chief) |
Erol Zavar (Odak dergisi editor-in-chief) |
Ersin Şanlı (TRT domestic news director) |
Faruk Akkan (Cihan News Agency General Director) |
Ferhat Çiftçi (Azadiya Welat Antep correspondent) |
Fevzi Yazıcı (Zaman newspaper visual director) |
Gültekin Avcı (Bugün newspaper former columnist) |
Güray Tekin Öz (Cumhuriyet Foundation Board Member) |
Habip Güler (Zaman newspaper former correspondent) |
Hakan Aksel (TRT News and Sports Section coordinator and producter) |
Hakan Karasinir (Cumhuriyet Foundation Board Member) |
Halil İbrahim Mert (TRT TV Erzurum camerperson) |
Hamit Dilbahar/Duman (Azadiya Welat columnist) |
Hanım Büşra Erdal (Zaman newspaper former correspondent and columnist) |
Haşim Söylemez (Aksiyon dergisi former columnist) |
Hatice Duman (Atılım Dergisi sahibi ve editor-in-chief) |
Hayati Yılmaz (Azadiya Welat newspaper editor) |
Hidayet Karaca (Samanyolu Editorial Board Chair) |
Hülya Karakaya (Özgür Halk magazine editor-in-chief) |
Hüseyin Turan (Zaman newspaper columnist) |
İbrahim Balta (Zaman newspaper former economy editor) |
İbrahim Karayeğen (Zaman newspaper former editor-in-chief) |
İdris Sayılgan (DİHA correspondent) |
İnan Kızılkaya (Özgür Gündem newspaper editor-in-chief) |
İsa Siyi (Haberdar website editor) |
Kadri Gürsel (Cumhuriyet newspaper columnist and editorial advisor and IPI Representative to Turkey) |
Kamuran Sunbat (DİHA Çukurova former correspondent) |
Kemal Sancılı (Özgür Gündem owner) |
Kenan Karavil (Radyo Dünya Director) |
Lokman Erdoğan (Çorum Manşet newspaper columnist) |
Mahir Kanaat (BirGün newspaper editor) |
Mazlum Dolan (DİHA correspondent) |
Mehmet Altan (journalist-writer) |
Mehmet Baransu (Taraf newspaper columnist) |
Mehmet Dener (Şanlıurfa.com news website editor-in-chief) |
Mehmet Güleş (DİHA Elazığ correspondent) |
Mehmet Hakkı Yılmaz (DİHA Antep correspondent) |
Mehmet Kuru (Zaman newspaper Formerşehir correspondent) |
Mikail Barut (Özgür Halk magazine editor) |
Mikdat Algül (Mezitli FM editor-in-chief) |
Mizgin Çay (Radyo Karacadağ correspondent) |
Muhammed Taşçılar (Şanlıurfa.com news website owner) |
Murat Dağdeviren (Demokrat Gebze newspaper owner) |
Murat Öztürk (Çorum Manşet newspaper) |
Murat Sabuncu (Cumhuriyet newspaper Editor-inChief) |
Musa Kart (cartoonist and Cumhuriyet Foundation Board Member) |
Mustafa Gök (Emek-Adalet magazine representative to Ankara) |
Mustafa Kemal Güngör (Cumhuriyet Foundation Board Member) |
Mustafa Ünal (Zaman newspaper Ankara former editorial director) |
Mutlu Çölgeçen (Millet newspaper editorial coordinator) |
Mümtaz'er Türköne (Zaman newspaper former columnist) |
Nedim Türfent (DİHA Van correspondent) |
Nizamettin İzgi (Batman newspaper owner) |
Nur Ener (Yeni Asya newspapereditor) |
Nuri Durna (TRT Erzurum correspondent) |
Nuri Yeşil (Azadiya Welat Tunceli representative) |
Nurullah Kaya (Zaman newspaper former Gaziantep Regional representative) |
Osman Yakut (Zaman newspaper former Antalya correspondent) |
Ömer Çelik (DİHA news director) |
Önder Çelik (Cumhuriyet Foundation Board member) |
Özgür Amed (Yeni Özgür Politika and Özgür Gündem newspapers’ columnist) |
Özkan Mayda (Zaman newspaper Antalya correspondent) |
Ramazan Alkan (Yeni Akit newspaper correspondent) |
Resul Cengiz (Zaman newspaper former Denizli correspondent) |
Sadık Demir (Radyo Karacadağ owner) |
Salih Erbekler (Radyo Karacadağ correspondent) |
Sami Tunca (Yeni Evrede Mücadele Birliği Dergisi editor-in-chief) |
Selman Keleş (Dihaber correspondent) |
Serkan Aydemir (Bitlis Aktüel newspaper correspondent) |
Seyithan Akyüz (Azadiya Welat Adana representative) |
Şahabettin Demir (DİHA Van correspondent) |
Şahin Alpay (Zaman newspaper former columnist) |
Şeref Yılmaz (Irmak TV board member) |
Şerife Oruç (DİHA correspondent) |
Tunca Öğreten (Diken sitesi former editörü) |
Turhan Günay (Cumhuriyet Book Supplement former Editor-in-Chief) |
Ufuk Şanlı (Vatan newspaper former columnist) |
Vahit Yazgan (Zaman newspaper former İzmir regional representative) |
Vedat Demir (Yarına Bakış former columnist) |
Yalçın Güler (TRT Erzurum correspondent) |
Yener Dönmez (Habervaktim news website owner) |
Yılmaz Kahraman (Özgür Halk magazine editor) |
Zafer Özsoy (Feza Yayın Company partner) |
Ziya Ataman (DİHA Van correspondent) |
(NV/TK)