content tagged with Ahmet Şık

Parliamentary question about alleged torture, killing of refugees by border guards

Parliamentary question about alleged torture, killing of refugees by border guards

Eight people were caught trying to cross into Turkey. They were allegedly tortured by border guards and two of them were killed.

Deputies at Bosphorus Bridge: 'Everywhere Taksim, Everywhere resistance'

Deputies at Bosphorus Bridge: 'Everywhere Taksim, Everywhere resistance'

Deputies have hung a huge banner on Bosphorus Bridge on the anniversary of the Gezi Protests, police have intervened.

MP Ahmet Şık files a criminal complaint against MHP Chair Bahçeli

MP Ahmet Şık files a criminal complaint against MHP Chair Bahçeli

TİP İstanbul MP Şık has filed a criminal complaint against MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli. The petition of Şık’s attorneys has underlined that Bahçeli openly turned Şık into a target and threatened him with death.

MP Ahmet Şık investigated over comments on Sedat Peker videos

MP Ahmet Şık investigated over comments on Sedat Peker videos

The Workers Party of Turkey MP is under investigation for saying "The state is a murderer" on two occasions.

Independent MP Ahmet Şık joins Workers’ Party of Turkey

Independent MP Ahmet Şık joins Workers’ Party of Turkey

Having resigned from the HDP in May 2020, Independent İstanbul MP Ahmet Şık has joined the Workers’ Party of Turkey (TİP), which has brought the total number of Parliamentary seats of the party to three, together with Erkan Baş and Barış Atay.

Summary of proceedings against Independent MP Ahmet Şık

Summary of proceedings against Independent MP Ahmet Şık

A summary of proceedings has been issued against Independent İstanbul MP Ahmet Şık due to his statements during the Boğaziçi University protests against the appointed rector. The file sent to the Justice Ministry seeks lifting of his legislative immunity.

‘Boğaziçi’ investigation against Ahmet Şık: ‘It proves that I am right’

‘Boğaziçi’ investigation against Ahmet Şık: ‘It proves that I am right’

“I said, ‘You cannot struggle against the mafia with a judiciary which has surrendered to the mafia.’ This investigation is the very proof of what I said,” says Independent MP Ahmet Şık about the recent investigation launched against him.

5 February 2021 Ruken Tuncel

ECtHR: Turkey violated freedom of expression of journalist, MP Ahmet Şık

ECtHR: Turkey violated freedom of expression of journalist, MP Ahmet Şık

Şık had spent 14 months in prison in a "terrorism-related" case against Cumhuriyet newspaper.

25 November 2020

'It was soldiers who stated that Turgut, Şiban were dropped from a military helicopter'

REPORT BY MP ŞIK

'It was soldiers who stated that Turgut, Şiban were dropped from a military helicopter'

Independent lawmaker Ahmet Şık has prepared a fact checking report regarding the allgeations that two citizens were tortured and dropped from a military helicopter in the Kurdish-majority Van province.

2 November 2020

Parliament passes two articles of 'multiple bar associations bill'

Parliament passes two articles of 'multiple bar associations bill'

During the session, tensions rose between AKP deputies and independent MP Ahmet Şık.

Police Detain Seven HDP Members in Taksim Protest

Police Detain Seven HDP Members in Taksim Protest

HDP MP Ahmet Şık has said, "I am not surprised by the AKP's trustee politics. This is the AKP after all. They don't recognize the will of the people."

19 August 2019 Evrim Kepenek

AKP MPs Both Attack and File Lawsuit Against HDP MP Ahmet Şık

AKP MPs Both Attack and File Lawsuit Against HDP MP Ahmet Şık

AKP has filed a lawsuit for damages of 100 thousand Turkish Lira against HDP İstanbul MP Ahmet Şık on the ground that “he used libel and slander” in his speech at the General Assembly of the Parliament.

HDP MP Ahmet Şık Prevented from Speaking in Parliament by AKP MPs

HDP MP Ahmet Şık Prevented from Speaking in Parliament by AKP MPs

HDP İstanbul MP Ahmet Şık could not complete his speech due to the attack of the AKP İzmir MP Alpay Özalan. Şık has been given a penalty of not attending two parliamentary sessions by the votes of the AKP MPs.

Ahmet Şık, Murat Sabuncu at Justice Watch

Ahmet Şık, Murat Sabuncu at Justice Watch

Released on March 9, of the defendants in Cumhuriyet trial journalists Ahmet Şık and Murat Sabuncu were at Justice Watch.

15 March 2018 Elif Akgül

'It is Great Concern for Me that the Constitutional Court Decision has not been Implemented'

OSCE REPRESENTATIVE ON FREEDOM OF THE MEDIA HARLEM DESIR

'It is Great Concern for Me that the Constitutional Court Decision has not been Implemented'

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Désir has spoken to bianet about Constitutional Court’s decision not being implemented. Désir said that these detentions are only the tip of the iceberg.

23 January 2018 Pınar Tarcan

Rejected by Court, Şık's Full Statement of Defence

CUMHURİYET DAILY TRIALS

Rejected by Court, Şık's Full Statement of Defence

Here we publish defendant Ahmet Şık's full statement of defence that the court refused to hear in yesterday's hearing of Cumhuriyet daily trial.

26 December 2017

Journalists Outside Group Call for March on October 28: Come for Justice

Journalists Outside Group Call for March on October 28: Come for Justice

The Journalists Outside group has stressed that one of the Cumhuriyet trial defendants Ahmet Şık has been behind bars for 300 days, made a call for a march on October 28.

26 October 2017

Yonca Şık: ECtHR Causes Unlawfulness to be Reproduced in Turkey

Yonca Şık: ECtHR Causes Unlawfulness to be Reproduced in Turkey

Wife of imprisoned journalist Ahmet Şık, Yonca Şık has spoken following the panel she attended at Frankfurt Book Fair about ECtHR practices.

17 October 2017

“We Will Not Pull Up Stakes, Turkey is Our Home, Our Past” Says Şık, Winner of Raif Badawi Award

RAIF BADAWI AWARD FOR COURAGEOUS JOURNALISTS

“We Will Not Pull Up Stakes, Turkey is Our Home, Our Past” Says Şık, Winner of Raif Badawi Award

Attorney Can Atalay has received the Raif Badawi Award for courageous journalist on behalf of his client Ahmet Şık, who has been behind bars for 285 days.

11 October 2017

Frankfurt Book Fair Opens: ‘Brave Journalism’ Award Goes to Ahmet Şık

Frankfurt Book Fair Opens: ‘Brave Journalism’ Award Goes to Ahmet Şık

The world’s biggest publication meeting International Frankfurt Book Fair opens tonight. Turkey plays an important role in the events to be held during the fair.

10 October 2017

Fifth Day of Cumhuriyet Daily Trial: Interlocutory Judgement Awaited

Fifth Day of Cumhuriyet Daily Trial: Interlocutory Judgement Awaited

The fifth hearing in the Cumhuriyet daily trial in which one Twitter user under arrest and 18 executives, journalists and employees from Cumhuriyet daily 11 of whom are also arrested are standing trial is being held today

28 July 2017 Elif Akgül

Fourth Day of Cumhuriyet Daily Trial

Fourth Day of Cumhuriyet Daily Trial

The fourth hearing in the Cumhuriyet daily trial in which one Twitter user under arrest and 18 executives, journalists and employees from Cumhuriyet daily 11 of whom are also arrested are standing trial is being held today.

27 July 2017 Elif Akgül

Ahmet Şık: My Words Aren’t a Defence or a Statement but an Accusation

Ahmet Şık: My Words Aren’t a Defence or a Statement but an Accusation

Ahmet Şık: “I know, both the government and its judiciary have issues with me. Because I don’t lean on the political power and other power groups but on the power of the truth when I practice journalism”.

27 July 2017 Elif Akgül

Journalist Ahmet Şık Behind Bars for 200 Days

Journalist Ahmet Şık Behind Bars for 200 Days

Friends of Ahmet Şık have made a call for journalist Ahmet Şık demanding his release on the 200th day of his arrest.

Ahmet Şık Granted Günter Wallraff Prize

Ahmet Şık Granted Günter Wallraff Prize

Imprisoned journalist Ahmet Şık has been granted Günter Wallraff Critical Journalism Award.

Ahmet Şık Applies to ECtHR

Ahmet Şık Applies to ECtHR

Imprisoned journalist Ahmet Şık has applied to the European Court of Human Rights and demanded an order that he be immediately released.

Ahmet Şık’s Birthday: #İyiKiVarsınAhmetŞık*

Ahmet Şık’s Birthday: #İyiKiVarsınAhmetŞık*

Friends of journalist Ahmet Şık, who has been in custody for 130 days, have celebrated Şık’s birthday with the photos they have published on the newspapers.

Ahmet Şık: Rulership of Mafia Will Experience the Inevitable

Ahmet Şık: Rulership of Mafia Will Experience the Inevitable

Following the court ruling that all the suspects in the Oda TV trial be acquitted for lack of evidence , Ahmet Şık has called on to all who had been following the trial: “This rulership of mafia, this organized state of evil will get what it deserves. It will experience the inevitable”.

Ahmet Şık Case: Copy-Paste, Imprison Truth

TİMUR SOYKAN WRITES

Ahmet Şık Case: Copy-Paste, Imprison Truth

The threat in the arrest warrant is more than enough to demonstrate that Ahmet Şık is in prison for telling the truth: “Since his statements that accuse the state and state officials continue, proofs that show the presence of a strong criminal suspicion were found…”

21 March 2017 Timur Soykan

Message from Ahmet Şık: I am a Referendum Hostage

Message from Ahmet Şık: I am a Referendum Hostage

Being imprisoned in Silivri Prison, journalist Ahmet Şık in his message he delivered at the meeting he had with his wife has said he knows he is a “referendum hostage” like many other prisoners.

9 March 2017 Ekin Karaca

Imprisoned Journalist Gürsel Nominated for UNESCO Press Freedom Prize

Imprisoned Journalist Gürsel Nominated for UNESCO Press Freedom Prize

The RSF has nominated Cumhuriyet columnist Güsel, who has been in prison for 117 days, as a candidate for Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.

24 February 2017

Ahmet Şık: You Can’t Fight Against an Idea Which Draws its Strength From Facts

ODA TV TRIAL

Ahmet Şık: You Can’t Fight Against an Idea Which Draws its Strength From Facts

Şık, taken into custody on December 29, 2016 and arrested on the next day, pleaded in the final hearing of ODA TV trial.

17 February 2017

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