Arrested Editor-in-Chief Ahmet Nesin Released Too

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İstanbul 14th Heavy Penal Court has ordered release of journalist author Ahmet Nesin who got arrested on charge of “terror organization propaganda” for participating in Özgür Gündem daily’s Editor-in-Chief on Watch campaign.

The court has accepted the indictment.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Turkey Representative, Erol Önderoğlu and Turkey Human Rights Association (TİHV) Chair, Şebnem Korur Fincancı arrested over the same charge were released yesterday (June 30).

All three of them were referred to court by Prosecutor Eşref Durmuş at İstanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan district where they had come to testify on June 20.

They were arrested by instruction of 1st Criminal Judicatory of Peace Judge, Bekir Altun.

Those into whom investigation has been launched

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 ve Hakkı Boltan.

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-prosecutions

Non-prosecution has been issued on Mustafa Sönmez, Hasip Kaplan, Ahmet Abakay, Nurcan Baysal, Eşber Yağmurdereli ve Melda Onur. (EA/AS/TK)