by TurkeyPurge | Apr 25, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey has sent six Cumhuriyet journalists and media staff to prison after their sentences were upheld by an appeals court, the Turkish media reported. More than twenty people stood trial last year in a case related to the publications of the Cumhuriyet newspaper. The...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish prosecutors are seeking up to 3 years in jail for Canan Coşkun, a reporter from Turkey’s Cumhuriyet daily, over a report on the arrest of lawyers of purge-victim educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça. Coşkun is accused of “jeopardizing criminal...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 28, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An Istanbul court on Friday released seven daily Cumhuriyet journalists, executives, while ruling for the continuation of arrest for another five. The released journalists and executives were Musa Kart, Bülent Utku, Turan Günay, Önder Çelik, Kemal Güngör, Hakan Kara...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 24, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
17 suspects, including Cumhuriyet daily journalists and executives who were arrested in November 2016, are ready to appear before an Istanbul court on Monday for the first time in an investigation into the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Gülen movement, which the...
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