Everyday the state of free speech in Turkey goes for worse… Yesterday’s police ambushes are in the first page of many newspaper. On the other hand, pro-government dailies such as Zaman, Yeni Şafak, Star did not think this was a major issue… Main Turkish opposition harshly criticizes raid against unpublished book from Hurriyet Dailynews … Read more
It started this morning with the publishing house, Ithaki Yayınevi, which is expected to publish Ahmet Şık’s book on Fethullan Gülen movement’s involvement with the Turkish police force. The book is entitled as İmamın Ordusu [Imam’s Army]. According to Twitter accounts, policemen are searching copies at Radikal daily now and the found copies in hard … Read more
Countries under surveillance Turkey Domain name : .tr Population : 77,804,122 Internet users : 35,000,000 Average monthly salary : 560 U.S. dollars Number of imprisoned netizens : 0 The YouTube saga Much was written throughout Turkey in 2010 about the fate of the Google-owned video-sharing website YouTube. Blocked in Turkey since May 2008 because of … Read more
Sevgili Meslektaşlarım ve Çalışma Arkadaşlarım, 3 Mart 2011 Perşembe sabah saatlerinde İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Öğretim Görevlisi Ahmet Şık, Cumhuriyet Savcılığı?nın talimatıyla emniyet mensupları tarafından göz altına alınmış ve aynı saatlerde İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi binasındaki ofisinde arama yapılmıştır. Konuyu 8 Mart 2011 tarihli toplantısının gündemine alan Üniversite Yönetim Kurulumuz, devam … Read more
IFEX: Forward your Concerns to Justice Minister Ergin from Bianet :: English International journalism and human rights organizations condemned the arrests of journalists Şener and Şık. The freedom of expression organization IFEX called for the release of the journalists and for sending appeals to Justice Minister Ergin by fax and mail. Trust is … Read more
IFJ campaign here. Journalists and their supporters hold banners as they march during a protest against the arrests of journalists in Istanbul March 4, 2011.? Read more » REUTERS/Osman Orsal/Files Full text of prosecutor’s query report on Nedim Şener and Ahmet Şık. Turkey: Journalists’ Arrests Chills Free Speech Human Rights Watch (press release) … Read more
It is very hard to believe that our colleague and friend Ahmet Şık is an Ergenekon member. He devoted his life to struggle for human rights issues in Turkey as a journalist and he was in Nokta magazine team whose publications started the Ergenekon case in the first place. Many people suspect his unabating anti-Gulenism … Read more
03.03.2011 Basına ve Kamuya, Çalışma arkadaşımız, İletişim Fakültesi Öğretim Görevlisi Ahmet Şık, bugün evinde ve işyerinde yaklaşık 6 saat süren polis aramalarının sonucunda ?Ergenekon terör örgütü üyesi olmak? ve ?halkı kin ve düşmanlığa tahrik etmek? suçlamalarıyla göz altına alındı. Biz, aşağıda imzası bulunan İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi çalışanları, yöneltilen bu suçlamaları, arkadaşımız Ahmet Şık?ı biraz olsun … Read more
more photos here. Turkish Journalists Association: “A Dark Year for Press Freedom” from Bianet :: English After eleven people, mostly journalists, were taken into custody under the Ergenekon investigation, the Turkish Journalists Association warned that “crimes of thought are on the rise again”. The Contemporary Lawyers Association sees a fair trial endangered. Most dailies today … Read more
Right now, police is still searching the office of Ahmet Şık, journalist and lecturer, which is right two offices away from mine. Ahmet Şık is someone we know, he is critical of Gülen movement and its possible links at police force but there is no way he is connected to Ergenekon gang. Now he is … Read more