15 Journalists, Columnists Appear Before Judge Over 53 Articles

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15 Atılım weekly workers and columnists will stand in trial today (May 12) on charge of “terror organization propaganda” in İstanbul 13th Heavy Penal Court.

Ali Haydar Saygılı, Alp Altınörs, Arzu Demir, Aydın Akyüz, Emin Orhan, Erkan Salduz, Fadime Çelebi, Fatih Gür, Hatice Duman, Fuat Uygur, İsminaz Ergün, Sami Özbil, Semiha Şahin and Uğur Ok, and the weekly’s managing editor Mehmet Ali Genç are being tried over “terror organization propaganda” because of the articles and reports published in July and August of 2015.

The indictment prepared by prosecutor Gökhan Yolasığmaz alleged that the 53 articles and reports are “terror organization propaganda”.(EA/TK)

Update: It has been discovered that another Atılım weekly columnist, Vahap Biçici was being tried on the same case thus the number of the defendants has risen to 16.