Journalist Hakan Gülseven Arrested

Journalist Hakan Gülseven will serve 350 days in prison, in exchange for a 7,000 Turkish Lira (~1330 USD) compensation penalty that he did not pay.

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Journalist and writer Hakan Gülseven has been arrested and sent to the Maltepe Prison in İstanbul.

Gülseven was the editor in chief responsible for legal issues at daily newspaper Yurt. He was arrested for the reason that he did not pay the compensations for the cases that were filed against him in the period when he was working for the newspaper. Compensation penalties which remain unpaid can be executed as prison sentences in Turkey.

Gülseven got arrested for the same reason on June 19, 2018 and was released after two days. On his Twitter account, he said, "My old friends got me out of prison. Thanks to them and everyone who show solidarity."

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Gülseven previously told about the issue on his Twitter account. He said that he faces jail term because the newspaper does not pay the compensations ruled by courts. He was sentenced to pay compensation to Hüseyin Avni Coş, the former Governor of the Sakarya province.

Had Durdu Özbolat, the owner of the Yurt and former MP of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) paid the compensation, would Gülseven not be arrested. (EMK/VK)