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Kurdish journalist Aziz Oruç reflects on 400 days behind bars

Kurdish journalist Aziz Oruç reflects on 400 days behind bars

Oruç is one of the 15 journalists who were remanded in custody on "terror" allegations and released after their first hearing 13 months later.

19 July 2023 Nedim Türfent

Detention of Kurdish journalists: Prosecutors seek arrest of Aziz Oruç, Safiye Alagaş

Detention of Kurdish journalists: Prosecutors seek arrest of Aziz Oruç, Safiye Alagaş

Journalists and NGO representatives gathered in front of the Diyarbakır Courthouse to protest the detentions.

Court of Cassation overturns journalist Aziz Oruç’s prison sentence

Court of Cassation overturns journalist Aziz Oruç’s prison sentence

The Court of Cassation has reversed the prison sentence of journalist Aziz Oruç, who was sentenced to 6 years, 3 months over a protest that he joined as a student.

22 September 2021

Journalist Aziz Oruç: You are a journalist, no matter where you are

Journalist Aziz Oruç: You are a journalist, no matter where you are

Recently released from Patnos Prison in eastern Turkey, journalist Aziz Oruç defines the outside world as “a partial freedom” and adds: “We need to foster journalists’ solidarity regardless of who works for which newspaper.”

13 November 2020 Evrim Kepenek

Behind bars for 334 days, journalist Aziz Oruç released

Behind bars for 334 days, journalist Aziz Oruç released

Arrested in Turkey’s eastern province of Ağrı after being forced to enter the country through the Iran border, journalist Aziz Oruç has been released at his third hearing.

9 November 2020

Journalist Aziz Oruç not released

Journalist Aziz Oruç not released

Arrested pending trial for almost 10 months, journalist Aziz Oruç had his second hearing today. The jailed journalist has not been released in today’s hearing, either. His next hearing will be held on November 9, 2020.

21 September 2020

Court rules that journalist Aziz Oruç shall remain behind bars

Court rules that journalist Aziz Oruç shall remain behind bars

Arrested since December 2019, journalist Aziz Oruç had his first hearing. While the court has released Muhammet İkram Müftüoğlu and HDP Doğubayazıt District Co-Chair Abdullah Ekelek on probation, it has ruled that the arrest of Oruç shall continue.

Indictment against journalist Aziz Oruç in the 7th month of his arrest

Indictment against journalist Aziz Oruç in the 7th month of his arrest

The court has accepted the indictment filed against Aziz Oruç. Among the criminal evidence cited against the jailed journalist are his likes for the Facebook pages of Roj News and İMC TV.

Prisoners’ Relatives: We Want a Fair Legal Regulation for Political Prisoners

Prisoners’ Relatives: We Want a Fair Legal Regulation for Political Prisoners

Evin Jiyan Kışanak, Hülya Oruç, Zeynep Mızraklı, Mehmet Altan and Özge Terkoğlu slam the 3rd Judicial Reform Package for excluding political prisoners from reduced prison sentences to be introduced by the amended legal regulation on execution.

24 March 2020 Evrim Kepenek

Journalist Aziz Oruç Handed Prison Sentence over Social Media Posts

Journalist Aziz Oruç Handed Prison Sentence over Social Media Posts

The reporter has been sentenced to prison for retweeting posts of the news agency he was working for.

Journalist Aziz Oruç Arrested

Journalist Aziz Oruç Arrested

Taken into custody in Turkey’s eastern province of Ağrı on December 11, journalist Aziz Oruç has been arrested on charge of “being a member of a terrorist organization”.

18 December 2019

Journalist Aziz Oruç Detained After Iran 'Forced Him to Illegally Cross the Border'

Journalist Aziz Oruç Detained After Iran 'Forced Him to Illegally Cross the Border'

The journalist, who wanted to go to Europe because he received a prison term in Turkey, has said that Iran has sent him to Turkey after he was not allowed to enter Armenia.

16 December 2019