JOURNALISTS UNDER ARREST AND CONDEMNED |
| NAME / NEWS AGENCY | SITUATION |
1. | Mustafa Balbay,
Cumhuriyet newspaper Ankara delegate | On trial in the second Ergenekon lawsuit. After having been arrested on 1 July 2008, he was released on 5 July 2008. On 5 March2009 he was taken under custody for the second time. Arrested on 6 March 2009. At the moment he is under arrest in the Silivri prison. The trial is going on. The last audience was on 2 September 2010. |
2. | Tuncay Özkan,
Owner of Kanal Biz TV channel, journalist | On trial in the second Ergenekon lawsuit. Taken under custody on 23 September 2008 Arrested on 27 September 2008. At the moment under arrest in the Silivri prison The trial is going on. The last audience was on 2 September 2010. |
3. | Hikmet Çiçek,
Aydınlık magazine Ankara delegate | On trial in the Ergenekon case. Taken into custody on 25 Mart 2008. Arrested on 29 Mart 2008. At the moment under arrest in the Silivri prison. The trial is going on. |
4. | Emcet Olcaytu,
Aydınlık magazine writer | Arrested in the second Ergenekon case. Taken under custody on 23 Eylül 2008. Arrested on 26 Eylül 2008. At the moment under arrest in the Silivri prison. The trial is going on. The last audience was on 2 September 2010. |
5. | Deniz Yıldırım,
Aydınlık magazine chief editor | Taken into custody on 8 November 2009, 20 days after 19 October 2009, when the Police busted the Aydınlık magazine and Ulusal Kanal main office in İstanbul after the Aydınlık magazine published the phone calls between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Mehmet Ali Talat, the President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Arrested on 9 Kasım 2009. At the moment under arrest in the Silivri prison. The trial is going on. |
6. | Prof. Dr. Mehmet Haberal,
Board chairman of Kanal B TV channel / Rector of Başkent University | Arrested in the second Ergenekon case. At the moment under arrest in the Silivri prison. |
7. | Vedat Kurşun,
Azadiya Welat newspaper former desk editor | With the court hearing of 30 March 2010 of the Diyarbakır 4th high criminal court, 3 years of jail sentence was given with the motivation of "propaganda for the terrorist organization PKK" present in two news of the 11-12 Agust 2007 numbers of Azadiya Welat newspaper. With the court hearing of 13 May 2010 of the Diyarbakır 5th high criminal court, 1 year and 6 months of jail sentence was given with the motivation of propaganda for a terrorist organization 103 times in publications between August 2006 and June 2008. Furthermore with the allegation of "committing a crime without being a member of an organization" he took 12 years of jail sentence. In the case which requested him to 525 years of prison, he was condemned to 166 years and 6 months. With the other cases of the 4th high criminal court, the total of jail sentence reached 169 years and 6 months. He is now detainee in the D type prison of Diyarbakır. |
8. | Suzan Zengin,
Worker in the Kartal office of the İşçi-Köylü newspaper | Taken into custody towards the morning of 28 August 2009 after a raid in her house. She is detained in the Bakırköy Women and Children House of Detention. She suffers of continuous sickness that need to be cured. She complained the postponement of her check-ups, indispensable given her wealth problems. Her criminal charges was announced on May 2010 After having been detained for 12 months she went to the court for the first time on 26 August 2010. After having stated in her defence that she is a journalist and a translator, Suzan Zengin specified that she neither knew the other 4 young people accused in the case, nor they knew her. She stated that "there is neither witness nor evidence that can testify that I know these people or that I am linked to the activity the criminal charges are about. It is understood that the police and the advocates stated that I am member of an outlaw organization even without being able to demonstrate a link with these people and their activities. Their proves are the calls I made from the phone of the newspaper office, the majority of which directed to trade union's sources.” Suzan Zengin stated that her wealth problems, like osteoporosis and ulcer, are growing because she cannot have cures while being detained. She requested the discharge of the organization membership allegation, which she refuse. The court refused her discharge request. The court hearing was postponed to 15 February 2011. |
9. | Erol Zavar,
Odak magazine's owner and Ydesk editor | In the F type prison of Sincan. |
10. | Füsun Erdoğan,
Özgür Radyo chief editor | On trial in the MLKP case. Taken into custody on 8 September 2006 during the Gaye operation. Arrested on 12 September 2006. He is under arrest in the Gebze M Type Prison. On 10 December 2010 court hearing in the Beşiktaş 10th high criminal court. |
11. | İbrahim Çiçek,
Atılım newspaper chief editor | On trial in the MLKP case. Taken into custody on 8 September 2006 during the Gaye operation. Arrested on 12 September 2006. He is under arrest in the Gebze M Type Prison. On 10 December 2010 court hearing in the Beşiktaş 10th high criminal court. |
12. | Sedat Şenoğlu,
Atılım newspaper chief coordinator | On trial in the MLKP case. Taken into custody on 8 September 2006 during the Gaye operation. Arrested on 12 September 2006. He is under arrest in the Edirne No. 1 F Tipi Prison. On 10 December 2010 court hearing in the Beşiktaş 10th high criminal court. |
13. | Bayram Namaz,
Atılım newspaper writer | On trial in the MLKP case. Taken into custody on 8 September 2006 during the Gaye operation. Arrested on 12 September 2006. He is under arrest in the Edirne No. 1 F Tipi Prison. On 10 December 2010 court hearing in the Beşiktaş 10th high criminal court. |
14. | Ziya Ulusoy,
Atılım newspaper writer | On trial in the MLKP case. Taken into custody on 8 September 2006 during the Gaye operation. Arrested on 12 September 2006. He is under arrest in the Tekirdağ No. 1 F Type Prison. On 10 December 2010 court hearing in the Beşiktaş 10th high criminal court. |
15. | Hasan Coşar,
Atılım newspaper writer | Taken into custody on 28 March 2009 in İzmir. Arrested on 29 March 2009. Sentenced to 10 years and 10 months of jail in the Ankara 11th high criminal court with the charges of “being the leader of an outlaw organization” and “doing propaganda for an outlaw organization”. He is now in the Sincan F Type Prison. |
16. | Ahmet Birsin,
Diyarbakır Gün TV chief coordinator | Taken into custody during an operation against the PKK in different cities on 14 April 2009. The Diyarbakır office of the attorney general announced that the operation started from a year of technical chasing of 8 members of the "Turkey coordination unity" of the PKK, through phone calls and bank accounts. After the Diyarbakır 6th high criminal court decided for search and confiscation, the police searched Gün TV office. He is now under arrest in the Diyarbakır D type prison. |
17. | Barış Açıkel,
İşçi-Köylü newspaper owner and desk editor | In the Kandıra No. 1 F Type Prison |
18. | Hatice Duman,
Atılım owner and desk editor | In the Gebze M Type Prison |
19. | Mahmut Tutal,
Gündem newspaper Şanlıurfa worker | In the Şanlıurfa E Type Prison |
20. | Mustafa Gök,
Ekmek ve Adalet magazine Ankara representative | In the Sincan F Type Prison |
21. | Metin Bulut,
Yürüyüş magazine owner and desk editor | In the Kandıra No. 2 F Type Prison |
22. | Bayram Parlak,
Gündem newspaper Mersin representative | In the Karaman-Ermenek M Type Prison |
23. | Şafak Gümüşsoy,
Mücadele Birliği magazine former desk editor | After an identity control in Küçükyalı, he learned to be sentenced in absentia. For the fact that the sentence became definitive and he did not pay the fine, it was converted to a jail sentence. All the appeals of his advocate were refused. He is now in the Bolu Mengen Prison |
24. | Gülşen Bozan,
Özgür Kadın magazine worker | In the prison of Bursa |
25. | İhsan Silmiş,
Azadiya Welat newspaper worker | Taken into custody on 15 October 2009 and arrested with the motivation of definite jail sentence. |
26. | Kenan Karavil,
Radyo Dünya (Adana) chief editor | Taken into custody on 7 December 2009 in Adana's Radyo Dünya offices. Arrested on 11 December 2009 with the allegation of being a member of an outlaw organization. Under arrest in the Adana Kürkçüler prison. Hakkındaki dava 4 Şubat 2010’da sonuçlandı. “Yasa dışı örgüt propagandası yaptığı” iddiasıyla, TMK 7/2’den 10 ay hapis cezası aldı. The trial concluded on 4 February 2010. He took 10 years of jail sentence according to the TMK 7/2 article with the allegation of propaganda for an outlaw organization. |
27. | Şeyhmus Bilgin,
Günlük and Azadiya Welat newspaper worker | Taken into custody on 7 December 2009. 11 Aralık 2009’da “yasa dışı örgüt üyesi” olduğu iddiasıyla tutuklandı. Arrested on 11 December 2009 with the allegation of being a member of an outlaw organization. He is now under arrest in the Adana Kürçükler prison. |
28. | Seyithan Akyüz,
Azadiya Welat newspaper, Adana representative | Taken into custody on 7 December 2009. Arrested on 11 Aralık 2009. According to the article TMK 7/2, he was given 2 years of jail sentence wih the allegation of propaganda for an outlaw organization. He is now under arrest in the Adana Kürçükler prison. |
29. | Şahin Baydağı,
Azadiya Welat, newspaper distributor | Taken into custody after a search in his house in Mardin on 12 January 2010 and arrested with the allegation of propaganda for an outlaw organization. Under arrest in the Mardin E type prison. |
30. | Dilek Keskin,
Atılım newspaper Istanbul correspondent | First taken into custody, then arrested on 15 January 2010 in Antakya with the motivation of a definitive trial. He is iunder arrest n the Antakya F type prison. |
31. | Sabri Adanır,
Gündem newspaper Cizre representative, newspaper distributor | Arrested in 2006 with the charge of helping and concealing for an outlaw organization. After having been under arrest for more than 3 years, on 1st Febrary 2010 has been jail sentenced to 6 years and 3 months by the Diyarbakır high criminal court. The sentenceis not definitive. He is now under arrest. |
32. | Erdal Süsem,
Eylül Hapishane Kültür Sanat magazine editor | Taken into custody on 31 January 2010 in the "Revolutionary Headquarter" investigation. Arrested on 7 February 2010 with the charge of being a member of the Maoist Communist Party. As evidence of the crime it has been decided to use the archives of of the magazine found in his residence and the letters sent from the prison to the magazine. He is under arrest in the Edirne F type prison. |
33. | Hatice Özhan,
DİHA Diyarbakır correspondent | Taken into cusotdy in Diyarbakır on 17 February 2010 and brought to Ağrı in the occasion of an investigation of the Ağrı public prosecution office. Arrested on 19 February 2010 for "organization's propaganda" for his calls with the workers at the BDP geeral headquarters and his partecipation to Roj TV. He is now under arrest in the Ağrı prison. |
34. | Gurbet Çakar,
Rengê Hêvîya Jinê magazine (Kadının Umudunun Rengi), responsible desk editor | Arrested on 20 March 2010 for "propaganda of an outlaw organization" by the Diyarbakır public prosecution office when she went to testify in the investigation opened for some articles appeared in the last number of the only magazine for women in Turkish and Kurdish. The Diyarbakır 6th high criminal court prosecutor wanted a 20 years jail sentence for the desk editor Çakar for the news, the articlesand the pictures published in the magazine. The prosecutor, after having claimed that "...despite the investigation about the 2nd and the 4th numbers of the magazine, Çakar carried on doing propaganda without changing its publishing policy and behaving like the news agency of the PKK", demanded Çakar to be punished. The court, after having refused Çakar's demand of release, postponed the court hearing on 30 December 2010 for the prepartion of the defense. She is under arrest in the Diyarbakır E type prison. Next court hearing date: 30 December 2010 |
35. | Hamdiye Çiftçi,
Dicle Haber Ajansı (DİHA), Hakkâri correspondent | Arrested on 14 June 2010 with the claim he was part of the "Union of the Kurdistan Peoples/Parliament of Turkey (KCK/TM)" He is now under arrest in the Bitlis E type prison. |
36. | Mahmut Güleycan,
Özgür Halk magazine worker | Taken into custody in Van on 17 June 2010. Arrested on 19 June 2010 with the claim of "propaganda of an outlaw organization" for the magazine Özgür Halk found in his house. He is under arrest in the Van F type prison. (19 Temmuz 2010) |
37. | Ozan Kılınç,
Azadiya Welat newspaper, former desk editor | Because of the news reported on the no. 12 of June of the Kurdish Azadiya Welat newspaper, the former desk editor Ozan Kılınç was given a total of 21 years and 3 months of jail sentence. Showing the news appeared on the magazine as the motivation, the Diyarbakır 5th High Criminal Court gave a jail sentence of 6 years and 3 months with the allegation of "commission of a crime in the name of an organization without being a member of it", plus a total of 15 years for "organization propaganda" (1 year and 3 months for every magazine number). On the morning of 22 July 2010 the police took under custody Kılınç in his house in Kayapınar region near Diyarbakır. He was arrested after having been identified by the court. He is now in the Dİyarbakır D Type prison. |
38. | Ali Konar,
Azadiya Welat newspaper, Elazığ representative | Arrested on 27 May 2010 with the allegation of "mwembership of a terrorist organization" and "propaganda for a terrorist organization". He is now under arrest in the Malatya E type prison. |
39. | Nuri Yeşil,
Azadiya Welat newspaper, Tunceli worker |
40. | Erdal Güler,
Devrimci Demokrasi newspaper owner and former general editor | Arrested on 26 December 2007 after having been taken under custody. Punished with 21 months of prison by the Istanbul 11th High Criminal Court and a fine of 60 thousand Turkish Lira. He is now sentenced in Amasya E type prison It has to be released on 11 December 2009 but his sentence was prolongued due to his other final sentences. The attorney general's office let know that with the thousands of lira of fines being converted to jail sentence, Güler will be released on 6 September 2014. A the sonest he will be released just on 1 November 2012 |
41. | Ali Buluş,
DİHA Mersin corresponent | On trial for being connected with the PKK. The Supreme Court of Appeals ratified the jail sentence of 6 years and 3 months. He is sentenced in the Karaman-Ermenek M type prison. |
42. | Mehmet Karaaslan,
DİHA Mersin correspondent |
43. | Faysal Tunç,
DİHA Şırnak correspondent | Sentenced in the Diyarbakır D type prison. |
44. | Behdin Tunç,
DİHA Şırnak correspondent |
45. | Bedri Adanır,
Aram publishing owner and Kurdish Hawar newspaper editor in chief | On 5 January 2010 took under custody while entering in Turkey from Iraq. Arested on 12 January 2010. He is jail sentenced for 4 years and 5 months. He is moreover on trial for other 67 yars of jail sentence. He is now sentenced in the Diyarbakır D type prison. |
46. | Abdulbesir Yapıcı,
Azadiya Welat newspaper Şanlıurfa worker | Arrested on 24 January 2010 for a defined 6 months jail sentence by the Izmir 8th High Criminal Court. He is sentenced in the Şanlıurfa E type prison. The trial started in 2007 in the Izmir 8th High Criminal Court with the charge of "attempt of propaganda for a terrorist organzation" for materials appeared on 177 numbers of Güncel and Azadiya Welat newspapers collected after the Nevruz meeting of Aydın. The trial concluded in September 2008. As evidence the court showed the 177 numbers of Güncel and Azadiya Welat newspapers, possible to be found in every newspaper seller. The court reduced the sentence to 1 year and 6 months, having valued his arrest while distributing the newspapers as an "attempt to crime", however the execution of the sentence was not postponed. |
47. | Hakan Soytemiz,
RED magazine writer | Taken under custody on 21 September 2010 during the operation against the Devrimci Karargah organization. Arrested on 25 September 2010. RED chief editor Hakan Gülseven declared that Hakan Soytemiz situation is given by his writings about development of the 'congregation' internal to the state. |
48. | Özgür Aytukum,
Demokratik Dönüşüm magazine, chief editor | Taken under custody on 21 September 2010 during the operation against the Devrimci Karargah organization. Arrested on 25 September 2010. |
49. | Baha Okar,
Bilim ve Gelecek magazine, editor | Taken under custody on 21 September 2010 during the operation against the Devrimci Karargah organization. Arrested on 25 September 2010. |
50. | H.B.,
Özgür Halk magazine, worker | Taken under custody in Mersin on 24 September 2010. Arrested on 24 September 2010 for “propaganda for an outlaw organization”. Under arrest in the Mersin E type prison. |
