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Turkey Human Rights Foundation (TİHV) Chair Şebnem Korur Fincancı, and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Turkey Representative and bianet rapporteur Erol Önderoğlu who got arrested on charge of “terror organization propaganda” for participating in Özgür Gündem daily’s Editor-in-Chief on Watch campaign.
No decision has been issued yet on arrested journalist Ahmet Nesin.
The indictments about Önderoğlu and Korur Fincancı were accepted by İstanbul 13th Heavy Penal Court.
The first hearing will be held on November 8, 2016.
Önderoğlu, Korur Fincancı and Nesin were arrested over “terror propaganda” for taking part in Özgür Gündem daily’s Editor-in-Chief on Watch campaign.
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/TK)