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4 journalists from seized pro-Kurdish daily put in pre-trial detention on terror charges

4 journalists from seized pro-Kurdish daily put in pre-trial detention on terror charges

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 18, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled to arrest three editors and one media worker from the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper, which was seized by the Turkish government in late March on the grounds that it has links to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party...
Turkish police seize pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper

Turkish police seize pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 28, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Turkish authorities have taken control of the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper and the printing house that publishes the daily after a police raid on Wednesday. A trustee panel was appointed to the management of the both entities, accused of links to the...
Quarterly magazine editor Haydar Ergül jailed

Quarterly magazine editor Haydar Ergül jailed

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 23, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Haydar Ergul, an editor for the quarterly Demokratik Modernite magazine has been put in pretrial detention. Detained at Diyarbakir airport on Jan 16, Ergul was asked about the articles published at Demokratik Modernite, pro-Kurdish ETHA news agency said Tuesday. Ergul...
Two journalists get 5-month jail time for ‘defaming Turkish state’

Two journalists get 5-month jail time for ‘defaming Turkish state’

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 27, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

An Istanbul court handed down 6-month prison sentence to the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi’s managing editor Harun Epli and the online news portal’s former editor-in-chief Ersin Çaksu. The court reduced the punishment down to 5 months for each while also suspending...
Turkey blocks access to 4 more opposition media outlets

Turkey blocks access to 4 more opposition media outlets

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 5, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Access to the opposition news portals, sendika.org, dihaber, ANF Türkçe and Özgürlükçü Demokrasi was blocked in Turkey by the government on Tuesday. The websites in question used to report mostly on the issues related to Kurdish minority and on human rights violations...

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