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
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More than 44 thousand users join a group in support for Ahmet Şık’s unpublished book: “Ahmet Şık’ın Kitabı Bende de Var” [I, too, have Ahmet Şık’s book].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
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
The four New York Times journalists, who had been captured by Libyan forces while covering the conflict there, pose with Turkey’s Ambassador to Libya Levent Sahinkaya (C) at the Turkish embassy in Tripoli in this undated handout released March 21, 2011. Libya released the four on Monday, nearly a week after they had been captured, … Read more
I am sure CHP is not very sincere about her proposal still its election promise was the closed to get rid of the mandatory military service for many. And not surprisingly, AKP leadership, as the new leaders of Establishment, rejected the proposal outright… The CHP?s paid-for military proposal by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK Following its civil … Read more
the March took place in İstiklal Street, Taksim, Istanbul. More photos here. Turkish journalists protest over arrested colleagues AFP It was the latest move in a sprawling probe into Ergenekon, a purported secularist network that allegedly planned assassinations and bombings to spark chaos and prompt a military coup to topple the Justice and Development Party … 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
A CHP mired in dirt by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK The Republican People?s Party (CHP), which has been going through turbulent times since the resignation of its former leader Deniz Baykal due to a video scandal, has been shaken once again with the revelations of an Odatv reporter who was recently detained as part of a … 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
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