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KCK Press Case to Continue on May 9

KCK Press Case to Continue on May 9

The 13th hearing of the KCK Press case, which has been continuing for seven years, has been held. The next hearing of the case will be held on May 9, 2019.

11 January 2019

Perihan Mağden, Tunca Öğreten Sentenced to Pay Judicial Fines for ‘Insulting President’

Perihan Mağden, Tunca Öğreten Sentenced to Pay Judicial Fines for ‘Insulting President’

Journalist Tunca Öğreten and writer Perihan Mağden have been each sentenced to pay a judicial fine of 7 thousand Turkish Lira for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

10 January 2019 Tansu Pişkin

Journalist Pelin Ünker Sentenced to Prison for Paradise Papers Stories

Journalist Pelin Ünker Sentenced to Prison for Paradise Papers Stories

Former reporter of the daily Cumhuriyet Pelin Ünker has been sentenced to 1 year, 1 month and 15 days in prison and fined because of the stories that she wrote about the then Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım’s and his sons' companies in Malta.

8 January 2019 Hikmet Adal

Tally of Legal Actions Against Özgür Gündem Editors on Watch

Tally of Legal Actions Against Özgür Gündem Editors on Watch

Of the Özgür Gündem Editor on Watch campaign participants, 50 have been subjected to investigations, against 36 others charges have been pressed, verdict of non-prosecution has been announced for 11 participants and one case has been dropped.

15 November 2016 Elif Akgül

Corruption-Covering Reporters Convicted to Prison Sentence

Corruption-Covering Reporters Convicted to Prison Sentence

Yurt newspaper reporter Meriç Şenyüz (6 months) and Ulusal Kanal reporter Özer Sürmeli (5 months) have been convicted to prison terms for covering Turkey’s December 17 Corruption Probe.

21 November 2014

New Charges on Journalists in Turkey

New Charges on Journalists in Turkey

Neither insult, nor breach of confidentiality, nor propaganda…It is time for prosecutors to charge journalists with “property damage” and “trespassing”.

15 September 2014

Judge Censures Defense Lawyers’ Pleas in Press Suit

KCK TRIAL

Judge Censures Defense Lawyers’ Pleas in Press Suit

Demands for pleading in Kurdish marked the first hearing of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) trial of 44 journalists on Monday. Chief Justice Ali Alçık also filed a complaint against the court audience during the second hearing on Tuesday and refused to enter the defense lawyers’ pleas into the court records.

12 September 2012 Ayça Söylemez

Laws Designed to Try Dissidents and Journalists?

Laws Designed to Try Dissidents and Journalists?

Journalists Atay and Çelik are tried over charges of "praising crime and a criminal" for news related to members of the KCK and PKK. Journalists Düzel and Demir are prosecuted under the Anti-Terror Law. "Violation of secrecy" is another popular reason to sue journalists.

20 January 2011 Emir Çelik

Journalist Organizations Urge for "Fair Trials" for Journalists

PRESS FREEDOM

Journalist Organizations Urge for "Fair Trials" for Journalists

Professional journalist organizations criticized the "unfair trials" regarding hundreds of cases against journalists who are detained pending trial. The organizations urged the government to acknowledge press freedom and the people's right to be informed.

19 August 2010 Berivan Tapan

Journalists Have Four Days to Object!

Journalists Have Four Days to Object!

Journalists, whose judgements have been postponed, have until 9 August to object as per the amendment to the Law of Criminal Procedures. The pronouncement of judgements will no longer be postponed without asking the journalists...

6 August 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Two Journalists On Trial for Revealing "Big Brother"

Tried with imprisonment on allegations related to news articles revealing an unlawful general authorization of electronic surveillance to security forces, Tahincioglu and Goktas's case continued today.

5 February 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

Two Journalists May Face Prison in New Year

Journalists Önal in Tekirdag and Koyuncu in Afyonkarahisar both face a continuing trial in the new year. In both cases the prosecution is calling for prison sentences.

16 November 2007 Erol Önderoğlu