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5 journalists get jail sentence for showing solidarity with pro-Kurdish daily

5 journalists get jail sentence for showing solidarity with pro-Kurdish daily

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 18, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Journalists Ayşe Düzkan, Hüseyin Aykol, Mehmet Ali Çelebi, Hüseyin Bektaş and Ragıp Duran were given jail sentence of 9 years and 9 months in total over their participation in a solidarity campaign with the pro-Kurdish Ozgur Gundem newspaper. An Istanbul court...
Journalist Tuğrul Eryılmaz given jail sentence over solidarity with pro-Kurdish daily

Journalist Tuğrul Eryılmaz given jail sentence over solidarity with pro-Kurdish daily

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 20, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Journalist Tuğrul Eryılmaz was given a suspended jail sentence of 15 months and TL 6,000 in fine over his participation in a solidarity campaign with the pro-Kurdish Ozgur Gundem newspaper. The sentence was suspended, according to the media. The Özgür Gündem daily was...
Human rights lawyer Eren Keskin given 6-month jail sentence

Human rights lawyer Eren Keskin given 6-month jail sentence

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 12, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Eren Keskin, a human rights activist, a lawyer and a columnist, was sentenced to 6 months in jail on conviction of insulting the security forces. The jail sentence was converted to TL3,000 fine. An Istanbul court, on Thursday, handed down its decision to sentence...
Turkish actress sentenced to 15 months in prison for supporting pro-Kurdish newspaper

Turkish actress sentenced to 15 months in prison for supporting pro-Kurdish newspaper

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 28, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Turkish theatre player Jülide Kural has received a suspended 15-month sentence for standing in for a day as editor-in-chief of a pro-Kurdish daily as a part of a solidarity campaign launched against the investigations into the newspaper. Kural was accused of having...
7.5-year jail time sought for pro-Kurdish daily ‘Editor in Chief on Watch’

7.5-year jail time sought for pro-Kurdish daily ‘Editor in Chief on Watch’

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 15, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

An indictment prepared by a Turkish prosecutor seeks a jail term of up to 7.5 years for author Murat Uyurkulak who worked as an editor-in-chief of the now-closed pro-Kurdish daily Özgür Gündem for a day, as a part of a solidarity campaign launched against the...
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