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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

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.

Journalist Fined for Violating Privacy over Child Abuse Report

Journalist Fined for Violating Privacy over Child Abuse Report

Barış Terkoğlu, the news director of the OdaTV website, has been sentenced to pay a fine after reporting the criminal complaint filed by a 17-year-old child.

25 February 2020

CHP MP Şeker: Is Any Action Taken Against Mufti Calling for Massacre?

CHP MP Şeker: Is Any Action Taken Against Mufti Calling for Massacre?

Submitting a parliamentary question to be responded by the Minister of Interior, main opposition CHP MP Ali Şeker has stated that the Siirt Mufti has openly targeted odaTV news website by reminding Charlie Hebdo massacre.

31 December 2018

Mufti Threatens News Website odaTV, Reminds Charlie Hebdo

Mufti Threatens News Website odaTV, Reminds Charlie Hebdo

A religious authority has threatened odaTV news website, reminding Charlie Hebdo massacre. Editor-in-Chief Pehlivan has said that they are targeted “because they are a website drawing attention to sects whose members are being staffed in state institutions.”

31 December 2018 Ekin Karaca

Journalist Ece Sevim Öztürk Taken Into Custody

Journalist Ece Sevim Öztürk Taken Into Custody

Journalist Ece Sevim Öztürk, who is also the chief editor of the Çağdaş Ses news website, has been taken into custody.

Chronology in Oda TV Trial as 14 Defendants Facing 262.5 Years Acquitted

ODA TV TRIAL

Chronology in Oda TV Trial as 14 Defendants Facing 262.5 Years Acquitted

All suspects of the Oda TV trial have been acquitted on the grounds that the suspects were not indisputably responsible for the imputed offences. How do the detention and arrest processes look like? What punishment did the suspects face and who served how much time in prison in the trial?

All Defendants of Oda TV Trial Acquitted

All Defendants of Oda TV Trial Acquitted

All of the 13 defendants of Oda TV case were acquitted in the trial that began six years ago at İstanbul 18th Heavy Penal Court today.

Ahmet Şık: Rulership of Mafia Will Experience the Inevitable

Ahmet Şık: Rulership of Mafia Will Experience the Inevitable

Following the court ruling that all the suspects in the Oda TV trial be acquitted for lack of evidence , Ahmet Şık has called on to all who had been following the trial: “This rulership of mafia, this organized state of evil will get what it deserves. It will experience the inevitable”.

Journalists not Allowed to Enter Oda TV Hearing

Journalists not Allowed to Enter Oda TV Hearing

The journalists haven’t been allowed to enter Oda TV hearing in which 13 suspects including journalists Ahmet Şık, Nedim Şener, Soner Yalçın and Yalçın Küçük and former Security Director Hanefi Avcı are tried.

15 February 2017 Ekin Karaca

Students, Journalist Released From Prison in Wake of Judicial Reform

THIRD JUDICIAL PACKAGE

Students, Journalist Released From Prison in Wake of Judicial Reform

Turkish authorities released journalist Abdülmenaf Düzenci on Monday after he spent 17 months behind bars in connection with terrorism related charges, marking the first such occasion since the ratification of the Third Judicial Reform Package last week. Officials also released 14 students on Tuesday but ruled against the release of Oda TV suspects.

12 July 2012 Erol Önderoğlu,Nilay Vardar

Judge: "Lawyers and Prosecutors are not Equal, This is not the USA"

Judge: "Lawyers and Prosecutors are not Equal, This is not the USA"

Progress in the trial against Oda TV News Director Barış Terkoğlu, detained defendant of the Ergenekon investigation, was impeded by a discussion that evolved between the court board and the defence lawyers. The case was postponed to 17 August.

Police Raid on Homes of Journalist Şık and Nine other People

Police Raid on Homes of Journalist Şık and Nine other People

The police is currently searching the homes of journalists Ahmet Şık, Nedim Şener, Yalçın Küçük, OdaTV.com site writers İlkin Bayaktar and Mümtaz İdil, author Müyesser Yıldız in Ankara, former MIT member Kaşif Kozinoğlu and Sait Kılıç.

Yalçın Appeals against Arrest, Balbay Applies to ECHR

JOURNALISTS IN DETENTION

Yalçın Appeals against Arrest, Balbay Applies to ECHR

Journalists Yalçın, Pehlivan and Terkoğlu from the Oda TV news site applied to court for their release pending trial. They were arrested last week. Journalist Balbay, detained in the scope of the Ergenekon trial for 31 months, applied to the ECHR.

28 February 2011 Erol Önderoğlu

Arrests Disputed: Was the Evidence Forged?

ODA TV

Arrests Disputed: Was the Evidence Forged?

The documents that were found on the Oda TV computers and lead to the arrest of three employees of the news portal were placed into the Oda TV files by hackers, the joint attorneys of the journalists say.

22 February 2011

Three Oda TV Journalists Arrested

Three Oda TV Journalists Arrested

Journalists Soner Yalçın, Barış Pehlivan and Barış Terkoğlu were arrested and detained in an Istanbul prison on 18 February. The employees of the Oda TV news portal are alleged of "membership of a terrorist organization. Their colleague Ayhan Bozkurt was released.

21 February 2011