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Journalist Pınar Gayıp released from house arrest

Journalist Pınar Gayıp released from house arrest

Placed under house arrest after being detained as part of the operations against the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP), journalist Pınar Gayıp has been released from house arrest.

Access block to JinNews, ETHA and Yeni Demokrasi news websites

Access block to JinNews, ETHA and Yeni Demokrasi news websites

The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) has blocked access to the “jinnews10.xyz” news website as well as to the websites of the Etkin News Agency (ETHA) and daily Yeni Demokrasi (New Democracy).

30 October 2020

House Arrest of Journalists Şahin and Gayıp Lifted

House Arrest of Journalists Şahin and Gayıp Lifted

Lifting the house arrest of Etkin News Agency (ETHA) editor Semiha Şahin and reporter Pınar Gayıp, the court has imposed an international travel ban on the journalists.

11 December 2019

‘They Impose Access Blocks, We Continue Doing Journalism’

SENDIKA.ORG, ETHA & FERSUDE

‘They Impose Access Blocks, We Continue Doing Journalism’

We have talked to news websites sendika.org, ETHA and Fersude about the access blocks imposed on their entire content by the penal judgeships of peace at different times: “They block access without giving any reason. Objections remain inconclusive”.

9 August 2019 Hikmet Adal

Journalists Pınar Gayıp and Semiha Şahin Released to House Arrest

Journalists Pınar Gayıp and Semiha Şahin Released to House Arrest

Etkin News Agency (ETHA) editor Semiha Şahin and reporter Pınar Gayıp, who have been arrested pending trial for 14 months, have been released to house arrest. Their next hearing will he held on October 15, 2019.

13 June 2019 Tansu Pişkin

Journalists Semiha Şahin and Pınar Gayıp Not Released in Their Third Hearing

Journalists Semiha Şahin and Pınar Gayıp Not Released in Their Third Hearing

The Prosecutor’s Office has announced its opinion as to the accusations for Etkin News Agency (ETHA) editor Semiha Şahin and reporter Pınar Gayıp, who have been behind bars since April 19, 2018. The court has ruled for the continuation of their arrest.

30 January 2019 Tansu Pişkin

Journalists Gayıp and Şahin Not Released

Journalists Gayıp and Şahin Not Released

Arrested journalists Pınar Gayıp and Semiha Şahin from the Etkin News Agency have had their second hearings. The court board has ruled that their detention shall continue.

5 December 2018 Evrim Kepenek

ETHA Reporter Ali Sönmez Kayar Released

ETHA Reporter Ali Sönmez Kayar Released

Five people, including reporter Ali Sönmez Kayar from the Etkin News Agency, who have been arrested on charge of “being members of a terrorist organization”, have been released at their second hearing.

31 October 2018 Tansu Pişkin

No Release for Journalists Şahin, Gayıp from ETHA

No Release for Journalists Şahin, Gayıp from ETHA

Four people including journalists Gayıp and Şahin from ETHA news agency haven’t been released in the hearing.

10 September 2018

‘Press Freedom’ Message by Imprisoned Journalists

‘Press Freedom’ Message by Imprisoned Journalists

Imprisoned journalists from ETHA news agency have sent message for May 3 World Press Freedom Day from Bakırköy and Silivri prisons where they are kept.

ETHA Journalists Semiha Şahin, Pınar Gayıp Arrested

ETHA Journalists Semiha Şahin, Pınar Gayıp Arrested

ETHA editor Şahin and its reporter Pınar Gayıp have been arrested on the seventh day of detention.

ETHA Reporter Adil Demirci Arrested

ETHA Reporter Adil Demirci Arrested

ETHA reporter Adil Demirci has been arrested on the fifth day of his detention on charges of “being a member of an illegal organization” and “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.”

3 Journalists from ETHA Detained

3 Journalists from ETHA Detained

ETHA editor Şahin and its reporters Gayip and Demirci have been taken into custody from their homes.

Etkin News Agency: Release Journalists Temel, Cuştan

Etkin News Agency: Release Journalists Temel, Cuştan

Etkin News Agency has demanded release of its staff Temel and Cuştan, who were detained in a house raid yesterday.

20 October 2017

Translator Meşale Tolu Stands Trial

Translator Meşale Tolu Stands Trial

Trial of Tolu who was arrested while working as translator at ETHA, started today. The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs had stated that they would observe the trial of Tolu who is a German citizen.

11 October 2017

Women’s Initiative for Peace: We Dream a World that We Can Giggle in”

Women’s Initiative for Peace: We Dream a World that We Can Giggle in”

Women’s Initiative for Peace made a press statement in İstanbul. Women distributed letters and purple ribbons to other women saying “Us women are insistent on peace.”

20 August 2015 Sonya Bayık,Gurbet Ay

Journalists Protest Police Raid into Their Offices

Journalists Protest Police Raid into Their Offices

Employees of the Atılım Newspaper and the Etkin news agency (ETHA) staged a protest in Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Tuesday by selling newspapers on the street in response to a police raid into their offices the same day.

27 June 2012 Rana Ençol