ecpmf.eu – Aug 8
A German newspaper whose Turkey correspondent has been jailed and accused is taking the Turkish government to the European Court of Human Rights. Deniz Yücel (Jouralistenwatch/Flickr) Deniz Yücel of “Die Welt” is accused of
Hamza Yalcin was arrested in Spain but is wanted by the Turkish authorities.
In Turkey the trial against 486 people who allegedly took part in a failed coup orchestrated by preacher Fethullah Gülen in the summer of 2016 is under way. The prosecution wants life imprisonment for many of the accused – and crowds outside the court are calling for the death sentence. The expectations of the press regarding the trial vary considerably.
