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We Speak with Murat Seçkin as to His Claims about Kabataş Incident and Elif Çakır’s Response Tweets

WE SPOKE WITH JOURNALIST MURAT SEÇKİN

We Speak with Murat Seçkin as to His Claims about Kabataş Incident and Elif Çakır’s Response Tweets

We have asked Murat Seçkin following his article about Elif Çakır’s responses via Twitter, why he waited till now to explain his witnessing, and when and why he left pro-government Star daily.

26 October 2015

Daily Taraf on Trial for Revealing Classified Info

Daily Taraf on Trial for Revealing Classified Info

Newspaper accused of publishing classified information regarding PKK's Aktütün attack, which left 17 soldiers dead.

Journalist Sued For Publishing Secret Documents

Journalist Nazif İflasoğlu has been acquitted of publishing secret documents, but Soner Arıkanoğlu, a reporter for daily Taraf, is on trial for two different cases, though they are similar in nature.

28 November 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

PKK Confirms The General Staff

PKK Confirms The General Staff

The Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) corroborates the report by the General Staff regarding the Aktütün assault that there was no neglect, but denies that they were not successful.

31 October 2008

The General Staff Denies The Authenticity Of The Photographs In Daily Taraf

The General Staff Denies The Authenticity Of The Photographs In Daily Taraf

The General Staff announced that the photographs published in daily Taraf in connection with PKK’s Aktütün assault did not belong to the assault area. Taraf had claimed they had showed that the assault was known ahead of time.

17 October 2008

Military Court Asks For The Dağlıca Ambush Document Published In Daily Taraf

Military Court Asks For The Dağlıca Ambush Document Published In Daily Taraf

The Van Military Court asked for the document appeared in daily Taraf about the Dağlıca ambush. Ramazn Yüce’s lawyer is pleased with the decision, as it supports their case.

19 August 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

The General Staff Forces Daily Taraf To Turn In Its Sources In Dağlıca Story

The General Staff Forces Daily Taraf To Turn In Its Sources In Dağlıca Story

The General Staff threatens the newspaper Taraf that if they do not return the documents they used in Dağlıca story, they will come and get them. The journalist associations show their support by indicating that the journalists do not have to turn in their sources.

9 July 2008 Bawer Çakır

The General Staff Says The Units Were Warned At Dağlıca

The General Staff Says The Units Were Warned At Dağlıca

The General Staff confirmed the document regarding the Dağlıca Ambush, but it says that the units were warned and the treacherous attack was prevented. It also adds that those who leaked out this secret document are determined and will be prosecuted.

The General Staff Knew About PKK’s Dağlıca Ambush

The General Staff Knew About PKK’s Dağlıca Ambush

According to the intelligence report published by the newspaper Taraf, the military intelligence knew about PKK’s Dağlıca ambush, which took place on October 21, 2007 and resulted in 13 deaths and 8 kidnapped soldiers. The General Staff have not commented yet.

Newspaper Investigated for Anti-Militarist Support

After one of their writers was taken into custody for an article he wrote, two representatives of the Taraf newspaper have been investigated for supporting the anti-militarist statement of singer Bülent Ersoy.

20 March 2008 Erol Önderoğlu