Evrensel

Being released on probation after 16-day detention, correspondent Cemil Uğur was taken to court from the police station where he went to obtain permission to go out of the province.

A report by pro-government Akit daily has claimed that Evrensel daily will be closed because “the daily advocates PKK’s actions”.

Following the 16-day detention, Evrensel reporters Cemil Uğur and Halil İbrahim have been released on probation.

Evrensel daily correspondents Hasan Akbaş, Fırat Topal, Serpil Berk and freelance journalist Sertaç Kayar have been taken into custody after reporting the offensive, which took place in Diyarbakır’s Sur district and claimed the lives of five civilians.

Evrensel and Hayat TV reporters tracking news at İstanbul Justice Palace in Çağlayan have been taken by police to police station at the courthouse and got their criminal record checked.

Journalists Vatandaş and Belek of opposition newspaper Evrensel receive prison sentences for publishing a declaration by the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK).

The ECHR has awarded compensation to journalists who were punished under emergency law.