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Journalists Yıldız, Dükel sentenced to prison for 'obtaining confidential information'

Journalists Yıldız, Dükel sentenced to prison for 'obtaining confidential information'

The journalists stood trial for their phone conversations with a military officer.

Second indictment against journalists Yıldız and Dükel

Second indictment against journalists Yıldız and Dükel

Journalists Müyesser Yıldız and İsmail Dükel have been indicted for “successively obtaining documents about state security.” This second indictment has been merged with the file of the ongoing main trial.

Court releases journalist Müyesser Yıldız in 'military espionage' case

Court releases journalist Müyesser Yıldız in 'military espionage' case

Yıldız and military officer Erdal Baran were remanded in custody based on tapped phone calls between them about Turkey's military and intelligence activities in Libya.

9 November 2020

Court accepts indictment against journalists Yıldız and Dükel

Court accepts indictment against journalists Yıldız and Dükel

With the indictment accepted by the Ankara 26th Heavy Penal Court, journalist İsmail Dükel, arrested journalist Müyeser Yıldız and Sergeant Erdal Baran are now facing 6 years, 3 months to 17 years, 6 months in prison.

29 September 2020

Journalists Müyesser Yıldız, İsmail Dükel face up to 10 years in prison

Journalists Müyesser Yıldız, İsmail Dükel face up to 10 years in prison

Arrested journalist Yıldız and TELE 1 Ankara Representative Dükel have been indicted. Together with arrested Sergeant Baran, they are charged with “disclosing information that needs to remain confidential for the security or benefit of the state.”

24 September 2020

‘If there is an independent judiciary in Turkey, why are we behind bars?’

JOURNALIST MÜYESSER YILDIZ

‘If there is an independent judiciary in Turkey, why are we behind bars?’

Main opposition CHP MP Çakırözer, also a former journalist himself, visited Odatv Ankara Representative Müyesser Yıldız in Sincan Prison in Ankara. He has addressed the reporters following his meeting with Yıldız.

7 September 2020

CHP’s Çakırözer visits arrested journalists

JULY 24 PRESS DAY IN TURKEY

CHP’s Çakırözer visits arrested journalists

Main opposition CHP Eskişehir MP Utku Çakırözer, a former journalist himself, visited journalists Rawin Sterk and Müyesser Yıldız in Sincan Prison in Ankara on the occasion of July 24 Day of Struggle for Press Freedom.

Journalist Müyesser Yıldız Arrested

Journalist Müyesser Yıldız Arrested

Taken into custody on charge of “political and military espionage,” journalist Müyesser Yıldız has been arrested while journalist İsmail Dükel has been released on probation.

Journalists İsmail Dükel and Müyesser Yıldız Taken into Custody

Journalists İsmail Dükel and Müyesser Yıldız Taken into Custody

“TELE 1 Ankara Representative İsmail Dükel was detained at 7.30 a.m. this morning, the reason for his detention is unknown. The prosecutor’s office has given four days for detention,” TELE1 Editor-in-Chief Yanardağ has announced.