Probe into 5 More Özgür Gündem’s On-Watch Editor-in-Chiefs

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Probes has been launched into five more people supporting the “On Watch Editorship-in-Chief” campaign launched on purpose of solidarity with the Özgür Gündem daily.

Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, Faruk Eren, Ayşe Düzkan who have been subjected to the probe, and the daily’s Managing Editor İnan Kızılkaya testified today (May 23).

Other than Mavioğlu, Düzkan, and Eren, probe has been launched into Melda Onur and Mustafa Sönmez working as on-watch Editor-in-Chief.

On charge of "[illegal] organization propaganda”

Özgür Gündem daily’s attorney, Özcan Kılıç speaking to bianet said in addition to five prosecuted earlier, probe has been launched into Eşber Yağmurdereli, Ragıp Duran, Ahmet Abakan, Ömer Ağın and Nurcan Baysal working as on-watch Editor-in-Chief.

The attorney Kılıç recorded that the probes have been launched on charge of “[illegal] organization propaganda”.

“We will not give up journalism just because they will launch investigation”

Mavioğlu speaking to bianet following the incident said they explained journalism to the prosecutor in the interrogation.

Mavioğlu stating they were asked of whether they attended the news meeting, whether there was investigation into the articles said “I told them that we published them since they qualify to be news” and continued as follows:

“They initiated investigation into five separate articles of the daily dated May 10. It is an investigation composed of information coming to the prosecutor via police report.

“We will not give up journalism just because they will launch investigation”, concluded Mavioğlu.

Till now, Melda Onur, Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, Eşber Yağmurdereli, Erol Önderoğlu, Ayşe Düzkan, Fehim Işık,Yıldırım Türker, Mustafa Sönmez, Faruk Eren, Ahmet Abakay, Celal Başlangıç, Uğur Güç, Nurcan Baysal, Ragıp Duran, Mehmet Güç, Beyza Üstün, Celalettin Can, Sebahat Tuncel, Uğur Karataş and Öncü Akgül have carried out the watch. (EA/TK)

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