Tally of Legal Actions Against Özgür Gündem Editors on Watch

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The Editor-in-Chief on Watch campaign launched in solidarity with the closed Özgür Gündem daily on May 3, 2016 ended on August 7, 2016.

56 people have participated in the campaign.

Of 56 participants, Investigation has been launched into 50.

36 of the 50 investigation cases developed into law suits.

Managing editor  İnan Kızılkaya is a suspect in all above mentioned law suits.

Of the 36 editors on watch, Erol Önderoğlu, Ahmet Nesin and Şebnem Korur Fincancı were arrested on June 20, 2016 and released after 10 days.

The cases of Önderoğlu, Korur-Fincancı and Nesin have been combined.

The cases of Önderoğlu, Ragıp Duran and Ayşe Düzkan have been combined.

Verdict of non-prosecution has been announced for 11 of the 50 editors on watch into whom investigations were launched into.

The case of Deniz Türkali has been dismissed.

50 Investigations

Those into whom investigation has been launched are;

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, Hakkı Boltan, Cengiz Baysoy, Kumru Başer, Veysi Altay, Hasan Hayri Şanlı,Hasan Cemal, Deniz Türkali, Dicle Anter, Çilem Küçükkeleş, Said Sefaoğlu, Aydın Engin, İhsan Eliaçık andİmam Canpolat.

36 lawsuits

Of the 50 investigation cases, 36 have developed into lawsuits the suspects of which are;

Faruk Eren, Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, Murat Çelikkan, Beyza Üstün, Celal Başlangıç, İhsan Çaralan, Ayşe Batumlu, Celalettin Can, Derya Okatan,Nadire Mater, Erol Önderoğlu, Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Ahmet Nesin, Dicle Anter, Cengiz Baysoy, Öncü Akgül, Tuğrul Eryılmaz, Çilem Küçükkeleşi Fehim Işık, Yıldırım Türker, Necmiye Alpay, Ayşe Düzkan, Ragıp Duran, Jülide Kural, Kumru Başer, Hasan Cemal, Murat Uyurkulak, Said Sefa,Faruk Balıkçı, Şanar Yurdatapan, Can Dündar, İbrahim Aydın Bodur, Veysi Altay, Deniz Türkali, Nevin Erdemir and Hakkı Boltan.

11 verdicts of non-prosecution

Those for whom a verdict of non-prosecution has been announced are;

Eşber Yağmurdereli, Ahmet Abakay, Saruhan Oluç, Işın Eliçin, Mustafa Sönmez, Melda Onur, İhsan Eliaçık, Hasip Kaplan, Sabahat Tuncel, Kemal Can and Mehmet Güç.

The dates of hearings

The dates of the next hearings in the lawsuits brought to court are as follows;

November

* Öncü Akgül, İstanbul 14. High Criminal Court, 15 November 2016

* Tuğrul Eryılmaz, İstanbul 22. High Criminal Court, 22 November 2016

* Çilem Küçükkeleş, İstanbul 22. High Criminal Court, 22 November 2016

* Celal Başlangıç, İstanbul 14. High Criminal Court, 24 November 2016

* Fehim Işık, İstanbul 14. High Criminal Court, 24 November 2016

* Yıldırım Türker, İstanbul 22. High Criminal Court, 24 November 2016

* Necmiye Alpay, İstanbul 22. High Criminal Court, 24 November 2016

* Jülide Kural, İstanbul 22. High Criminal Court, 24 November 2016

* Kumru Başer, İstanbul 22. High Criminal Court, 24 November 2016

* Hasan Cemal, İstanbul 22. High Criminal Court, 24 November 2016

* Murat Uyukurlak, İstanbul 22. High Criminal Court, 24 November 2016

* Said Sefa, İstanbul 22. High Criminal Court, 24 November 2016

December

* Nadire Mater, İstanbul 22. High Criminal Court, 9 December

* Derya Okatan, İstanbul 22. High Criminal Court, 9 December

* Ayşe Düzkan andRagıp Duran, İstanbul 13. High Criminal Court, 15 December 2016

* Şanar Yurdatapan, İstanbul 22. High Criminal Court, 22 December 2016

* Can Dündar, İstanbul 22. High Criminal Court, 22 December 2016

* İbrahim Aydın Bodur, İstanbul 22. High Criminal Court, 22 December 2016

January

* Erol Önderoğlu, Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Ahmet Nesin, İstanbul 13. High Criminal Court, 13 January 2017

* İhsan Çaralan, İstanbul 14. High Criminal Court, 24 January 2017

* Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, İstanbul 14. High Criminal Court, 24 January 2017

* Faruk Eren, İstanbul 14. High Criminal Court, 24 January 2017

February

* Ali Cengiz Baysoy, İstanbul 22. High Criminal Court, 14 Şubat 2017. (EA)