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Support for Detained Journalists Does not Abate

Support for Detained Journalists Does not Abate

The Freedom for Journalists organized a demonstration in Ankara with their demands to "release detained journalists from prison" and "amend laws that restrict press freedom and freedom of expression.

21 March 2011 Burcu Ballıktaş

Appeals against Detention of Journalists Rejected

AHMET ŞIK AND NEDİM ŞENER

Appeals against Detention of Journalists Rejected

The appeals against the detentions of journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener were rejected by court. Both were arrested on 6 March in the scope of the Ergenekon investigation. The decision does not mention a concrete reason. Turkey is facing national and international criticism.

18 March 2011 Ekin Karaca

Letter of Detained Journalist Şık to bianet

Letter of Detained Journalist Şık to bianet

Journalist Ahmet Şık, detained in the Silivri Prison for more than a week now, wrote a letter to bianet and described his daily routine at prison. He also wrote about the reasons for his arrest: "I was arrested because I am a journalist, because I do journalism".

Solidarity with Journalists Şık and Şener

Solidarity with Journalists Şık and Şener

At the "Friends of Ahmet Şık Talk about Ahmet" forum, Turkish journalists and human rights defenders declared not to fall silent until the release of journalist Ahmet Şık. Colleagues and students talked about Şık as a person and about his work as a journalist.

15 March 2011 Elif Gençkal

Thousands of People Demonstrate for "Freedom for Journalists"

Thousands of People Demonstrate for "Freedom for Journalists"

Thousands of people demonstrated against the arrest of journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener in Taksim in the centre of Istanbul on Sunday. This was the second protest march for the detained journalists.

IFEX: Forward your Concerns to Justice Minister Ergin

IFEX: Forward your Concerns to Justice Minister Ergin

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.

8 March 2011 Ayça Söylemez

"Should Evidence Exist at all, It Has to Be Revealed!"

ARRESTED OF AHMET ŞIK

"Should Evidence Exist at all, It Has to Be Revealed!"

Tora Pekin, lawyer of arrested journalist Ahmet Şık, claims that both the investigation about his client and his arrest lack concrete evidence. Otherwise, the way the file is handled by the prosecution would constitute a violation of the right to defence, Pekin said.

8 March 2011 Ayça Söylemez

Journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener Arrested

Journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener Arrested

Journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener were arrested by an Istanbul court on duty on Sunday because of their alleged affiliation to the Ergenekon terrorist organization. Journalists protested the arrests in front of the courthouse and blocked the road with a sit-down strike.

Turkish Journalists Association: "A Dark Year for Press Freedom"

Turkish Journalists Association: "A Dark Year for Press Freedom"

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.

4 March 2011 Erol Önderoğlu,Nilay Vardar

Journalists in Police Custody

ERGENEKON INVESTIGATION

Journalists in Police Custody

Many journalists were taken into police custody in the scope of the Ergenekon investigation after police raids on their homes and offices, among them journalists Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener. The latter one recently claimed that he received according threats.

4 March 2011 Ayça Söylemez

Police Raid on Homes of Journalist Şık and Nine other People

Police Raid on Homes of Journalist Şık and Nine other People

The police is currently searching the homes of journalists Ahmet Şık, Nedim Şener, Yalçın Küçük, OdaTV.com site writers İlkin Bayaktar and Mümtaz İdil, author Müyesser Yıldız in Ankara, former MIT member Kaşif Kozinoğlu and Sait Kılıç.

International Focus on Trial against journalists Şık and Mavioğlu

International Focus on Trial against journalists Şık and Mavioğlu

Ahmet Şık and Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, co-authors of two books about the Ergenekon investigation, were supported by human rights advocator Judith Chomsky and Çayan Demirel. Noam Chomsky missed the hearing on 8 October because his flight was delayed.

11 October 2010 Emir Çelik

Who is Afraid of Understanding "Ergenekon"?

Who is Afraid of Understanding "Ergenekon"?

Journalists Mavioğlu and Şık are facing prison sentence for their books "Understanding the counter guerrilla and Ergenekon" and "Who is who in Ergenekon" under charges of violating the secrecy of the "Ergenekon Investigation".

24 June 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Investigation into "Ergenekon" Handbooks

Investigation into "Ergenekon" Handbooks

The Kadıköy (Istanbul) Prosecution launched an investigation on 14 April into the books "Understanding the Counter Guerilla and Ergenekon" and "Who is Who in Ergenekon" by journalists Ertuğrul Mavioğlu and Ahmet Şık respectively.

28 May 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Two Acquittals under Article 301 for Nokta Interview

Nokta magazine journalist Sik and security expert Sariibrahimoglu have been acquitted after facing a trial under Article 301 for an interview on the military.

3 April 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

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