content tagged with Füsun Erdoğan

Dutch Reporter Acquitted For Taking Photo in Courtroom

Dutch Reporter Acquitted For Taking Photo in Courtroom

Facing 6 months of prison for taking photos during a court hearing, Dutch journalist Mehmet Ülger was acquitted. The case file, on the other hand, didn’t even include photos as evidence.

22 January 2015 Erol Önderoğlu

Censorship Case Unresolved For 14 Years Due to RTÜK

Censorship Case Unresolved For 14 Years Due to RTÜK

Despite ECHR and higher court rulings canceling the 90-day suspension of Özgür Radyo’s broadcasting, Turkey’s RTÜK insisted, leaving the case unresolved for 14 years.

4 November 2014 Erol Önderoğlu

Füsun Erdoğan is Now Free

Füsun Erdoğan is Now Free

Füsun Erdoğan, a bianet writer and former coordinator of Özgür Radyo who has been convicted to life sentence within MLKP case, has been released from prison.

8 May 2014 Elif Akgül

Release Order For Füsun Erdoğan

Release Order For Füsun Erdoğan

8 socialists including journalist and bianet writer Füsun Erdoğan has been ordered for release within the MLKP case. The ruling came 8 years after the initial detention.

8 May 2014 Haluk Kalafat

Court Rejects the Release of 8 Socialists, Again

Court Rejects the Release of 8 Socialists, Again

Istanbul 2nd High Criminal Court rejected the release request of journalist Füsun Erdoğan, writer Arif Çelebi and 6 other socialists whose trial process have not been completed in Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals in its 8 year.

2 Journalists On Hunger Strike For 8 Socialists

2 Journalists On Hunger Strike For 8 Socialists

Two journalists have started a two-day hunger strike before the 3rd motion towards the decline of release request for 8 socialist prisoners - under arrest for MLKP case for 7 years.

26 March 2014 Beyza Kural

No Release For 8 Socialists Jailed For 8 Years

No Release For 8 Socialists Jailed For 8 Years

“This double standard must come to an end,” said attorneys of 8 jailed socialists within MLKP case including journalists Füsun Erdoğan and Arif Çelebi who have been jailed over 5 years.

18 March 2014 Elif Akgül

Füsun Erdoğan’s Son Starts Hunger Strike

Füsun Erdoğan’s Son Starts Hunger Strike

Aktaş Erdoğan, the son of Füsun Erdoğan who has been sentenced to life within Turkey’s MLKP case, has started a 3-day hunger strike in order to protest the life sentence of his journalist mother.

Füsun Erdoğan Addresses Turkey’s EU Minister

Füsun Erdoğan Addresses Turkey’s EU Minister

Jailed journalist Füsun Erdoğan urged Turkey’s EU Minister to prove the allegations on a letter sent to Swedish parliamentarians which claimed that she was a “bomber” and “assaulted people”.

13 December 2013 Elif Akgül

Life Sentence + 789 Years of Prison + 1,263,320 Lira Fine!

Life Sentence + 789 Years of Prison + 1,263,320 Lira Fine!

I believe that every/thing has not ended, yet. Because I know that since 2006, political cases in courts are based on false evidence manufactured by the police!

18 November 2013 Füsun Erdoğan

Füsun Erdoğan Receives Life Sentence

Füsun Erdoğan Receives Life Sentence

29 defendants stood trial for the last time in the MLKP case yesterday. Istanbul 10th High Criminal Court convicted 7 defendants including bianet writer Füsun Erdoğan to life sentence.

5 November 2013

Verdict Awaiting For Füsun Erdoğan

Verdict Awaiting For Füsun Erdoğan

Focusing on the judicial inconsistencies, Önderoğlu (RSF) and Orberg (EFJ) urged authorities to release Füsun Erdoğan, a jailed bianet writer and former Özgür Radyo coordinator within Gaye case.

4 November 2013 Elif Akgül

“Standing Still Journalist” For Justice

“Standing Still Journalist” For Justice

A group of activists initiated a “standing still man” protest in front of Istanbul Courthouse prior to the hearing of Gaye case, demanding freedom for jailed defendant journalists.

30 October 2013 Elif Akgül

No Release For Füsun Erdoğan on Hearing 20

No Release For Füsun Erdoğan on Hearing 20

Istanbul 20th High Criminal Court resumed the 20th hearing of MLKP case this morning with journalist Füsun Erdoğan and 23 other defendants, where no pending trial order was issued. However, a verdict might be reached on the next hearing, which will be held on October 30.

24 September 2013 Beyza Kural

Jailed Journalist Füsun Erdoğan Sends Letter to CPJ

Jailed Journalist Füsun Erdoğan Sends Letter to CPJ

Committee to Protect Journalists published a letter submitted by Füsun Erdoğan, one of Turkey's jailed journalists.

No Releases in Sixth Year of Proceedings

MLKP TRIAL

No Releases in Sixth Year of Proceedings

None of the twelve detained defendants, among them several journalists, was released at the hearing of the MKLP trial on 23 February. The next hearing was scheduled for 29 May.

24 February 2012 Nilay Vardar

Turkey Pays for Censorship and Torture: 52,613 Euros

ECHR

Turkey Pays for Censorship and Torture: 52,613 Euros

The ECHR has penalised Turkey with over 50,000 Euros in several cases of torture and violation of the freedom of expression.

30 June 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

Radio Journalist Erdogan in Detention for Third Year

MLKP trial

Radio Journalist Erdogan in Detention for Third Year

An Istanbul court has refused to release radio journalist Erdoğan, who has been in prison for three years. The trial continues.

28 June 2009 Erol Önderoğlu