Erol Önderoğlu - Bianet

Erol Önderoğlu

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Musician Tunc Questioned for DEP Article

Musician Tunc, a writer for the daily Yeniden Ozgur Gundem, and chief editor Colak, are facing interrogations for an article they wrote and published on the trial of the former DEP lawmakers. They are accused with insulting justice decision.

30 January 2004

Gun FM: How do you Determine Viewer Profile?

Gun FM and Gun TV director Dogan said the new Language Regulation was more backward than a previous draft. He said just like the issue of opening Kurdish courses, Kurdish broadcasts were trying to be prevented through bureaucratic obstacles.

27 January 2004

Bar Opens Case against Broadcast Regulation

According to Diyarbakir Bar Head Tanrikulu, the regulation on Kurdish language broadcasts is more backward than the related law. Tanrikulu said the regulation does not say how the broadcasts will be done, but instead says how they will not be done.

27 January 2004

Radio Journalist Charged for Prison Stories

Karakurt, the former manager of the Anatolias Voice radio, who broadcasted programs about the operations at the F-type and Ulucanlar prisons, was acquitted. But a prosecutor appealed the verdict saying he should be sentenced for dangerous incitement.

23 January 2004

Police Detain Runaway Reporters

Police detained 3 distributors of the Yeniden Ozgur Gundem newspaper, and 3 reporters of the Dicle News Agency. The reporters are accused of aiding an illegal organization through publications. They were released after 24 hours.

22 January 2004

Army will Test Medias Confidence

About inviting Yeni Safak representatives to the press conference at the General Staff military quarters, Secretary-General of the General Staff Demireren said, This is an exception. We can say we have accepted Yeni Safak as an intern.

20 January 2004

Magazine Head Arrested for Demonstrations

Ozgen Is, the editor-in-chief of the Revolutionary Contestation Union, was taken to the prison for violating the demonstrations law and resisting the police. He was watching a press statement in criticism of the police.

19 January 2004

RTUK Issues Warnings to Three TV Channels

RTUK issued a warning to TGRT saying it aired programs that would hurt the physical, mental and moral development of youngsters. ART was also warned for violating the rule that, there must be at least 20 minutes between advertisements.

13 January 2004

Journalist Appeals Motion Sentence

Sabri Ejder Ozic, the former head of the local Radio Dunya, has been sentenced to a year in prison for insulting the TBMM. Ozic was accused of saying, This parliament is terrorist. Ozics lawyer Meric has appealed the court decision.

Court Says Websites Insult Army

According to an Ankara Court decision, the websites of the weekly Ekmek ve Adalet magazine and the daily Ozgur Politika newspaper were halted. All access to the websites are restricted through filters since months.

14 October 2003

Journalists dont Know Why They are Accused

Dersim magazine managers Mutlu and Coskun, who are being charged with inciting hatred and hostility, asked the court to be acquitted. Lawyer Demir said the indictment and the study about the case did not say what parts in the magazine constituted crime.

30 September 2003

Journalist Kara Faces More Trials

Journalist Kara, who filmed local governer while he was swimming, faces up to 15 days in prison for disturbing him. He is also charged with swearing though a book he wrote and he also has 13 cases pending at the appeal Court.

19 September 2003

Journalist Kara Stands Trial for Five Cases

Kara, the owner of the newspaper Datca News, stood trial for 5 cases. The prosecutor demanded Karas acquittal in the case he was being sued for wrong address declaration. The hearings were postponed because lawyer Apaydin was not present in court.

TRT Cannot be Compared to BBC

During the Communications Council, the Internet Commission called for the establishing of an Information Technology Ministry. There cant be public broadcasting if there is no autonomy, said the Public Broadcasting and TRT Commission.

27 February 2003

Journalist Horuz Sentenced to 15 Years

Memik, the general director of the Worker Villager newspaper, is convicted of being a member of an illegal organization. He is currently in the Sincan F-type prison. According to Memik there is a plot against him.

24 January 2003

Media:Little Pay Increase, High Unemployment

Two thousand and 482 journalists were laid off in 2002, in Turkey, said a report by the Work Life Commission of the CGD. The report drew attention to violations of a press law no: 212, and accounted for journalist Sinan Karas situation.

23 January 2003

Reforms May Free Editor Ak

The Court of Cassation has, for the second time, overruled the fine handed to Ak, Superonlines former coordinator of the Interactive Department. The General Penal Board wants the court to reconsider the case taking EU reforms into account.

10 January 2003

Acquittal and Trial for Banned Publication

Eren, provincial head of HAK-PAR and the Diyarbakir representative of the Dema Nu newspaper, was acquitted along with three other party members. They were being charged with disseminating propaganda for a terrorist organizaton.

27 December 2002

DGM Convicted Demir and Feyzioglu

State Security Court convicted publisher Demir and writer Feyzioglu for disseminating separatist propaganda, by writing and publishing a book called Ibo-Ibrahim Kaypakkaya.

20 December 2002

Journalists: Press Freedom and Job Security

TGC chair Erinc, TGS chair Soner, and Yarkadas from CGD and communication jurist İlkiz demand job security and amendments in Media Law, RTUK, TMY and TCK on the basis of press freedoms. They also draw attention to the importance of implementation.

19 December 2002

Ozturk: State is Protecting the Torturers

The state is not fighting against torture, said lawyer Ozturk. As evidence of the ongoing torture, he presented the application by children to the IHD. The children claimed they were tortured after the police killed one of their friends mistakenly.

4 December 2002

Journalists will be Tried from France

The editor-in-chief Erol Ozkoray and writer Nur Dolay of the Idea Politic magazine will make their depositions in writing from France. The case was brought against the journalists based on the General Staffs demand.

3 December 2002

Novelist Altan Acquitted in 2 Cases out of 4

Aktuel weekly magazine columnist Altan and editor Tunali were acquitted in 2 cases under charges of insulting the army. The other two trials were postponed because the General Staff did not issue a response about the Andic Document.

18 November 2002

Journalists Await Decisions by Supreme Court

Caricaturists Ayrancioglu and Saatci; Superonlines former editor Ak; Turkish Daily News writer Bekdil and director Cevik; Gun TVs former owner Bingol and many other journalists, are awaiting the decisions by the supreme court of appeals post-EU reforms.

18 November 2002

EU-Reforms Could Not Save the Journalist

The court refused to retry journalist Kizilyaprak. The judge decided that the EU-reforms did not alter Kizilyapraks conviction. The journalist is facing a prison sentence. The case is taken to the ECHR.

10 October 2002

Fine May Be Worse Than Imprisonment

Local Datca Haber publisher Karas sentence for three months in prison was converted to 20 thousand USD fine as the parliament abolished prison sentences for publishers. Yet, Kara now faces three years in prison if he can not pay the fine.

7 September 2002

Serbesti Magazine Confiscated

The State Security Court ordered the confiscation of the Fall 2002 issue of Serbesti Magazine, saying that it disseminated separatist propaganda. The magazines publication committee condemned the censoring mentality of the Turkish state.

The Journalist Demands to be Tried Again

Journalist Kizilyaprak of the closed-down Ozgur Bakis, will apply to the attorney generalship. He demands to be retried under the deregulated terrorism law. The journalist faces prison sentence since October 2001.

Locals Debate on Media Freedom

Its thought that the EU-reforms are positive yet inadequate. According to the local media organizations, it depends on implementation. Kara from Datca, Bingol from Diyarbakir, Toprak from Mersin and Kucuk from Edremit discuss the new journalism.

Turkish Cypriot Journalists Arrested

Sener Levent, the director of the Afrika newspaper published in TRNC, and writer Memduh Ener, were arrested and sent to prison because of an article called Who is the Biggest Traitor? Cypriot journalists union criticized the arrests.

Reforms Not Enough, Implementation Essential

Lawyer Ilkiz, journalist Boncuk and activist Yurdatapan comments on Turkeys move to abolish death penalty, allow Kurdish education and broadcasts, and grant broader freedom of expression.

Journalism Under Emergency Rule

Ferit Demir, the only journalist in the region, has been working under emergency rule for the last 12 years. He has been detained three times, received threats and got kidnapped by the PKK during the period. Emergency rule was lifted in Tunceli last week.