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Singer Atilla Tas says pro-gov’t TV channel censored movie scenes he acted in

Singer Atilla Tas says pro-gov’t TV channel censored movie scenes he acted in

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 23, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

Pop singer and columnist Atilla Tas has said the pro-government Kanal D trimmed particular scenes from the comedy movie, Karisik Kaset where he took part in. In a video recording he filmed while visiting a police station as part of his probation, Tas said Kanal D,...
Turkish pop singer sent back to prison a day after court upholds sentence on terror charges

Turkish pop singer sent back to prison a day after court upholds sentence on terror charges

by TurkeyPurge | Nov 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Turkish pop singer and columnist Atilla Taş was sent back to prison on Friday as a regional appeals court upheld a local court’s ruling to imprison him for three years, one month and 15 days over Gülen links. He was writing daily columns for the Meydan daily, an...
Court releases 2 journalists after 416 days under pretrial detention

Court releases 2 journalists after 416 days under pretrial detention

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 24, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Atilla Taş, a former singer and a columnist for the now-closed Meydan daily, Murat Aksoy, former columnist of now-closed Bugün daily, and Davut Aydın, a former teacher, were released by an İstanbul court on Tuesday after 416 in pretrial detention over alleged links to...
2 consecutive life sentences sought for 13 journalists, singer on coup charges

2 consecutive life sentences sought for 13 journalists, singer on coup charges

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

An indictment drafted by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office seeks two consecutive life sentences for 13 people, including prominent Turkish journalists and pop singer Atilla Taş, on coup charges. The journalists named in the indictment are National Party...
Bulb metaphor by journalist among evidence of anti-gov’t propaganda

Bulb metaphor by journalist among evidence of anti-gov’t propaganda

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 27, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

“Edison wouldn’t have invented the bulb if he saw these days,” Atilla Taş, a jailed pop star turned journalist wrote on Twitter two years ago, in an apparent reference to the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) corporate logo. An indictment prepared...
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