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Baransu Fined for Insulting Emine Erdoğan

Baransu Fined for Insulting Emine Erdoğan

Imprisoned journalist, Mehmet Baransu, has been fined on the grounds of insulting Emine Erdoğan, the court hasn’t postponed the penalty over “inclination to crime”.

28 December 2015

Journalist Arrested For Submitting Files on Sledgehammer Case

Journalist Arrested For Submitting Files on Sledgehammer Case

Journalist Mehmet Baransu has been arrested within an investigation around the allegations that Turkey’s Sledgehammer case defendants have been set up to be arrested.

"Taraf" Newspaper Writers under Protest

EGG ATTACKS

"Taraf" Newspaper Writers under Protest

Taraf newspaper writer Margulies was attacked with eggs and paint bags in a panel discussion in Çanakkale. A panel discussion with journalists Baransu and Uslu had to be interrupted and cancelled because of a quarrel in the audience.

14 December 2010 Emir Çelik

Journalist Baransu: Witness and Defendant in One

Journalist Baransu: Witness and Defendant in One

The General Staff filed a complaint against Taraf newspaper reporter Baransu for an article about Dep. Chief of General Staff Güner. The journalist faces a heavy prison sentence. At the same time, Defendant Baransu is a witness in the related investigation into the General Staff.

1 November 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Journalist Baransu Acquitted in "Aktütün" Trial

Journalist Baransu Acquitted in "Aktütün" Trial

Taraf newspaper reporter Baransu was acquitted of charges of publishing "classified" documents regarding the raid on the Aktütün police station despite the prosecutor's plead for imprisonment. Baransu will now file a complaint against Generals Başbuğ and Iğsız.

7 October 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Taraf and Günlük Journalists Facing Jail

Taraf and Günlük Journalists Facing Jail

The court prosecutors demand prison sentences for journalist Mehmet Baransu on the grounds of his news about the "Aktütün" raid and for Koçali and Pekgöz from Günlük newspaper for their interview made in the headquarters of the PKK on Qandil Mountain.

8 June 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Newspaper Journalist Seeks Justice for Telephone Tapping

TELEPHONE TAPPING

Newspaper Journalist Seeks Justice for Telephone Tapping

Taraf newspaper journalist Mehmet Baransu announced that his phone was wiretapped by the Gendarmerie Intelligence for more than a year. The official tapping decision was reached under a false name, pretending to eavesdrop on a member of the PKK. Baransu will go to court.

8 December 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

Journalist Indicted Without Being Informed

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

Journalist Indicted Without Being Informed

Journalist Baransu is accused of "insulting the military" because of publishing news about the "Anti-Reactionary Plan" against AKP and the religious Fetullah Gülen movement. Now his file has been taken to the Ministry of Justice. The General Staff announced that they opened a trial against Baransu.

15 September 2009 Erol Önderoğlu