Özgür Gündem’s Editors in Chief on Watch; Önderoğlu, Nesin, Korur Fincancı Arrested

TİHV President Fincancı, RSF Turkey Representative and bianet rapporteur Önderoğlu and journalist author Nesin have been arrested on charge of "terror propaganda" for joining Özgür Gündem daily's Editor-in-Chief on Watch campaign.

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Özgür Gündem’s Editors in Chief on Watch; Önderoğlu, Nesin, Korur Fincancı Arrested

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Turkey Human Rights Foundation (TİHV) President Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Turkey Representative and bianet rapporteur, Erol Önderoğlu and journalist author Ahmet Nesin have been arrested in the hearing held today (June 20) over "terror propaganda".

Önderoğlu, Korur Fincancı and Nesin were referred to judicatory for arrest by Terror and Organized Crime Proosecutor, Eşref Durmuş on charge of “propagandizing for terror organization” for taking part within the scope of Editor-in-Chief on Watch campaign at Özgür Gündem daily.

Those who participated as Editor in Chief on Watch

44 persons have supported the campaign of Editors in Chief on Watch launched on May 3. The names of the participators are as follows:

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

Those into whom investigation has been launched

Taking the last investigation into account, the Editors in Chief on Watch 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, Hakkı Boltan. (EKN/TK)

About Erol Önderoğlu

Born in Erzincan in 1969, Önderoğlu graduated from İstanbul University, Department of French Philology. He works as international Reporters Without Borders (RSF) representative since 1996. He works as Legal Support Desk coordinator, freedom of expression editor and editorial director at bianet news site, which is the project of IPS Communication Foundation since 2000. He is still preparing the Media Monitoring Reports in bianet.

Önderoğlu is member of International Freedom of Expression Network IFEX Council on behalf of the IPS Communication Foundation/bianet.

He shared the Journalists Association of Turkey 2014 Press Freedom Prize with Tuğrul Eryılmaz. He earned the prize due to his works he carried out in Turkey and abroad for monitoring and reporting of the right violations as to freedom of expression.

About Ahmet Nesin

Ahmet Nesin was born in İstanbul in 1957. His father is Aziz Nesin, his elder brother is Ali Nesin. He has siblings named Oya Nesin and Ateş Nesin from his father's first wife.

Ahmet Nesin sustaining his life in İstanbul and Paris serves as administrator of the Nesin Foundation.

Ahmet Nesin applying for nomination candidacy for ÖDP deputyship in 1999 couldn't enter the elections because of his record. He was not nominated by the HDP for which he was a nomination candidacy for deputyship in 2015.

About Şebnem Korur Fincancı

Korur Fincancı is the Turkey Human Rights Association Chair, and Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine of Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty.

She faced state pressure and obstructions the more she submitted reports of torture and wrote articles on medical ethics in 90s in which the torture was widespread in Turkey and the officials were covering them up.

She joined autopsy works of the bodies extracted from mass graves in Kalesija region of Bosnia on behalf of the United Nations International Criminal Tribune.

She took tissue samples by disguising as tourist from the body of a young person in Bahrain, where she went on behalf of International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRTC), whose body was found in the sea and drowned to death, according to the police.

She proved the tortures done by Organized Crime Control Bureau Former Director Adil Serdar Saçar.

She was born in İstanbul in 1959. She works on human rights, torture, women rights, domestic violence, postmortem interval histopathologic and biochemical postmortem changes.

She graduated from Kadıköy Maarif Koleji (Kadıköy Anadolu Lisesi), İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty and İstanbul University Faculty of Literature Classical Archeology.

She did her mandatory service prior to Medical Forensics career education at Tuberculosis Control Dispensaries in Gaziantep and Konya.

She earned the title of professor in 1996. She became the next Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine. She was suspended from her duty in 2004. She returned to her post by court and the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) decision.

She served as member, founder, board member and chair at Turkish Medical Association, İstanbul Medical Chamber, Turkish Pathology Association, Criminal Law Research Association, Turkey Human Rights Foundation, Forensic Medicine Experts Association.
She is member of Forensic Science Society (Harrogate, England), International Academy of Legal Medicine, New York Academy of Sciences, Association de Droit Penale Internationale (France).

She was member at Prime Ministerial Human Rights Advisory Board as Turkish Forensics Union representative.

She served as advisory board member in medicine journals. She took place in research projects and vocational training programs in and outside Turkey. Her articles have been published in numberless scientific journals.

Awards: IRCT Bent Sorensen Grant, (1997), İstanbul University International Contribution to Science Certificate (1999), İstanbul Chamber of Medicine Sevinç Özgüner Human Rights, Peace and Democracy Prize (2000), Diyarbakır Chamber of Medicine Peace, Friendship and Democracy Prize (2000), Açık Sayfa (Open Page) Contribution to Peace, Democracy and Law (2000), International People's Lawyers Eminent Person Grant (2000), BEKSAV Prize (2001), International Hrant Dink Foundation (2014).
She speaks English, German and Classical Greek.