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20 of the 21 workers from Gün Printing House, which was raided by police on March 28, have been sent to court.
Eight of them were arrested, deposition proceeding of the 12 people is ongoing as of 2:55 p.m.
Mezopotamya Agency reported that 20 of those who were detained during the raid were taken taken to İstanbul Courthouse.
Holding an examination on the file, the prosecutor’s office sent all the workers to court for arrest.
Names of those who were sent to court for arrest are as follows:
Owner of Gün Printing House Kasım Zengin, printing house workers Erdoğan Zamur, Cemal Tunç, İhsan Sinmiş, İrfan Karaca, Kazım Göçer, Mehmet Emin Sümeli, Musa Kaya, Sadettin Demirtaş, Necati Hizarcı, Polat Arslan, Mahmut Abay, Cumali Öz, Mehmet Kadir Özkara, Mürsel Demir, Özgür Bozkurt, Kemal Daşdöğen, Süleyman Güneş, Muhammet Özkan, Uğur Selim Kelekçiler.
Cumali Öz, Mehmet Kadir Özkara, Özgür Bozkurt, Kemal Daşdeğen, Süleyman Güneş, Uğur Selman Kelekçiler, Muhammet Özkan and Mürsel Demir were arrested.
A person whose name couldn’t be found out was released following the deposition.
What happened?
Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper and Gün Printing were raided by police on March 28 and it was reportedly transferred to the Saving Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) and a trustee was appointed.
25 people including Grant Holder of Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper İhsan Yaşar and Owner of Gün Printing House Kasım Zengin were taken into custody during and after the raid.
The total number of detentions became 33
Names of those who were detained as of today (April 4) are as follows:
Grant Holder of Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper İhsan Yaşar, Owner of Gün Printing House Kasım Zengin, Managing Editor İshak Yasul, newspaper staff Reyhan Hacıoğlu, Nedim Demirkıran, M. Ali Çelebi , Ramazan Sola Pınar Tarlak, Hicran Ürün, gazetenin eski çalışanı Mehmet Beyazıt, Gün Matbaası Sahibi Kasım Zengin, matbaa çalışanları Erdoğan Zamur, Musa Kaya, Cemal Tunç, Kemal Daşdöğen, İrfan Karaca, Mehmet Emin Sumeli, İhsan Sinmiş, Uğur Selman Kelekçiler, Kazım Göçer, Necati Hızarcı, Mahmut Abay, Mehmet Özkara, Cumali Öz, Mürsel Demir, Polat Arslan, Süleyman Güneş, Cenk Kale, Cengiz Kaya, İsmail Ergene, Semih Tamay, Özgür Bozkurt, Sadettin Demirtaş and Muhammet Özkan. (EA/TK)