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Journalist Hacı Boğatekin sentenced to prison for reporting bribery allegations against judge

Journalist Hacı Boğatekin sentenced to prison for reporting bribery allegations against judge

Boğatekin was sentenced, contrary to the prosecutor's recommendation for his acquittal.

27 November 2023 Hikmet Adal

Top court overturns journalist's sentence for reporting on 'excavations after imam's dream'

Top court overturns journalist's sentence for reporting on 'excavations after imam's dream'

A local journalist was sentenced for reporting on excavations in Adıyaman based on a cleric's dream that "a martyr of Islam wants his grave to be relocated."

A father and son running a local newspaper have been facing one trial after another for years

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A father and son running a local newspaper have been facing one trial after another for years

The last trial against Gerger Fırat newspaper ended in acquittal while courts continued to block access to articles and news portals.

21 April 2021 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

Journalist Hacı Boğatekin acquitted

Journalist Hacı Boğatekin acquitted

Put on trial for calling on the government to come to terms with with Abdullah Öcalan in his Facebook posts, Gerger Fırat local newspaper’s owner Hacı Boğatekin has been acquitted of “terror propaganda” and “praising the crime and criminal.”

27 November 2020 Hikmet Adal

Journalist Sentenced to Prison for Criticizing Sub-Governor, Verdict Upheld 6 Years Later

Journalist Sentenced to Prison for Criticizing Sub-Governor, Verdict Upheld 6 Years Later

The 8th Penal Chamber of the Court of Cassation has upheld journalist Özgür Boğatekin’s prison sentence of 1 year, 15 days. The Court of Appeals has rejected the application regarding the judicial fine given to him for “insulting Erdoğan.

5 June 2020 Hikmet Adal

Journalist Sued for Calling Deputy "Manservant of the People"

Journalist Sued for Calling Deputy "Manservant of the People"

Gerger Fırat newspaper owner Boğatekin faces a Tl 10,000 (€ 5,000) compensation claim filed by AKP Deputy Fırat. The court rejected the defence lawyer's request for a new expert report. The trial was postponed to 30 June.

3 May 2011 Emir Çelik

Heavy Sentences for Three Journalists in South-East Turkey

Heavy Sentences for Three Journalists in South-East Turkey

Journalist Boğatekin received a 5 years, one month and seven days prison sentence for claiming prosecutor Ovacıklı's being close to religious leader Fethullah Gülen. He was furthermore deprived of his civil rights. Journalist Badur was handed down a TL 3,000 monetary fine.

8 March 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Journalist Boğatekin Faces 10,000 TL Compensation Claim

Journalist Boğatekin Faces 10,000 TL Compensation Claim

AKP MP Mir Mehmet Fırat filed a case against Gerger Fırat newspaper owner Hacı Boğatekin with a 10,000 TL compensation claim.

3 March 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

No Justice for Jounalist Boğatekin

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No Justice for Jounalist Boğatekin

After having rejected journalist Boğatekin's notice of apology, the Kahta Criminal Court of First Instance handed down a 2 years 2 months and 7 days prison sentence to Boğatekin in his absence. The journalist was in Istanbul for medical treatment and was confronted with the decision when he returned to Kahta.

19 November 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

Dissident Journalist Attacked by Municipal Employees

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Dissident Journalist Attacked by Municipal Employees

Boğatekin was attacked by municipal staff when he tried to record a fire in a municipal dump.

29 July 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

Dissident Local Journalist on Trial Rejects Judge

11 February 2009 Erol Önderoğlu

Two Journalists Face 18 Years In Prison

Journalists Hacı Boğatekin and Cumali Badur together face 18 years in the lawsuit filed against them for writing about possible connections between Prosecutor Sadullah Ovacıklı and Fethullah Gülen, a well-known Islamic community leader in Turkey.

3 December 2008 Erol Önderoğlu