No country for justice. No releases in Oda TV trial tonight. #tahliyeistiyoruz – Journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener still imprisoned
the Next Trial will be on 12 March 2012…
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Journalists on trial in Turkey / Gazeteciler yargılanıyor…(Erkan’s first attempt to use Storify)
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So who is right? how many imprisoned journalists in Turkey? -EFD Rights Watch
Behind a wall of police, Turkish writer Ahmet Şik arrives at a courthouse in Istanbul to face antistate charges. (Reuters) Myths and Facts: ‘Imprisoned Journalists’ in Turkey Yavuz Baydar at Huffington Post The remaining six are accused of being members of Ergenekon, the alleged illegal terror network. (Nedim Şener and Ahmet Şık are not mentioned … Read more
EFD Rights Watch: Journalists were under trial today and more…
Free press on trial in EU aspirant Turkey – by Andrew Rettman from Turkish Digest by A-News The trial of 11 journalists – including Turkey’s “last investigative reporter” – begins today, Tuesday (22 November) in a country which says it wants to join the EU. Turkish journalists stand trial in alleged coup plot Washington … Read more
Nearly 1500 attended the march to support Ahmet Şık & Nedim Şener in their 200th day of imprisonment…
more photos and news here.
by the way, Hıncal Uluç, sentenced for sexist comments…
Turkish columnist sentenced in Defne Joy ‘criticism’ case by ISTANBUL – Hürriyet A columnist who has been sued for comments he made following the death of a Turkish-American TV host has been sentenced to pay 20,000 Turkish Liras in damages. In other human rights related news: İstanbul Court accepts indictment in odatv.com case including Şener, … Read more
Report: Freedom of expression and media freedom in Turkey
A Turkish band, REDD, put the models of imprisoned journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener on the stage recently. photo source. Strasbourg, 12 July 2011 CommDH(2011)25 Original version REPORT by Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Following his visit to Turkey, from 27 to 29 April 2011 Freedom of expression … Read more
Journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener in prison for more than 100 days now. Journalists’ march today to protest their friends’ imprisonment…
More photos and news in Turkish here.
Gündemden kısa kısa…
Çoğu günlerde olduğu gibi güne geç başladım ama günün kötü haberini çok geçmeden öğrendim. Grup Yorum elemanlarından 3ü gözaltına alınmış bir terörle mücadele operasyonu bağlamında. Kısa bir süreliğine ülke olağandışı olmuştu ama şimdi normallik geri döndü, gözaltılar, basına baskı, haşin seçim kampanyaları, kurumlardan şaibeli işlemler vb. Merkez sağ tüm haşmetiyle ve tabi pisliğiyle geri dönmüş … Read more
Ahmet Şık’ın ?Ben Tanığım? sergisi Bilgi’de
Fotoğrafçı arkadaşları tarafından Ahmet Şık’ın gazetecilik ve fotoğrafçılık mesleğine yaklaşımını ortaya koymak için hazırlanan ?Ben Tanığım? başlıklı sergi Karşı Sanat, Evrensel Sanat Galerisi, Kazım Koyuncu Kültür Merkezi, Nazım Hikmet Kültür Merkezi’nden sonra 9 Mayıs’tan itibaren İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Santral Yerleşkesi’nde olacak. Sergi 9 Mayıs Pazartesi günü Nazım Hikmet Kültür Merkezi’nden Ahmet Şık’ın çalışma arkadaşları ve … Read more
Turkish model at work: glorious Turkish state cannot find a vehicle to bring Ahmet Şık to his own hearing while a compulsory filter program is on the agenda for advanced web censorship…
Journalists held a protest near the courthouse. The banner read ‘We will touch even if we get burned.’ DAILY NEWS photo, Emrah GÜREL Journalist Şık Absent at Court – Transportation Mishap at Prison Bianet On Thursday (14 April) the Kadıköy (Istanbul) 2 nd Criminal Court of First Instance held a hearing of the trial … Read more
Dear readers, Turkey performs great in human rights reports, becomes world leader in imprisoning journalists…
Turkey ‘world leader’ in imprisoned journalists, IPI report says – Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review Roma | 2010 Human Rights Report: Turkey by M.A.M Roma | 2010 Human Rights Report: Turkey Mavi Boncuk | There is no firm estimate of the number of Roma in the country. Roma continued to face persistent discrimination and … Read more
Ergenekon Prosecutor Öz replaced, and i couldn’t figure out what this really means…
I think in the final analysis this is a face saving operation. Journalists’ arrest did not do good for the Ergenekon Case. Mr. Öz will still be around though he was a bit under pressure. Now new prosecutors to energize the process… Ergenekon Prosecutor Öz removed from case in reassignment by ISTANBUL – Daily News … Read more
“Dokunan Yanar” Digital resistance to Turkish Judiciary. Ahmet Şık’s banned book out in the web…
I was out on Thursday afternoon on some personal issues and while I was offline, I basically missed all the initial excitement: Some people uploaded the banned book entitled as “Dokunan Yanar” [You are burned if you touch] which was previously entitled as “İmamın Ordusu [İmam’s Army]. The book focuses on allegations of Fethullah Gülen … Read more
More than 44 thousand Facebook users in Turkey against ban for Ahmet Şık’s book
More than 44 thousand users join a group in support for Ahmet Şık’s unpublished book: “Ahmet Şık’ın Kitabı Bende de Var” [I, too, have Ahmet Şık’s book]. This is in fact to turn oneself in since the court decree declares that anyone who has the copy is supporting the Ergenekon Case. A scandal brews… While … Read more