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Release Order For Füsun Erdoğan

Release Order For Füsun Erdoğan

8 socialists including journalist and bianet writer Füsun Erdoğan has been ordered for release within the MLKP case. The ruling came 8 years after the initial detention.

8 May 2014 Haluk Kalafat

No Release For Füsun Erdoğan on Hearing 20

No Release For Füsun Erdoğan on Hearing 20

Istanbul 20th High Criminal Court resumed the 20th hearing of MLKP case this morning with journalist Füsun Erdoğan and 23 other defendants, where no pending trial order was issued. However, a verdict might be reached on the next hearing, which will be held on October 30.

24 September 2013 Beyza Kural

Journalist Aktepe Detained in Italy

Journalist Aktepe Detained in Italy

Italy's police forces detained Seda Aktepe, an Atılım newspaper journalist who was sentenced to 3 years of prison for "committing an organized crime while not being an organization member". Aktepe asked for asylum.

Court Decides to Release Journalist after Six Years of Arrest

ARRESTED JOURNALISTS

Court Decides to Release Journalist after Six Years of Arrest

A court in Istanbul ruled to release Sedat Şenoğlu, the executive coordinator of Atılım newspaper who remained under arrest for six years. The court decided to keep journalists Fusün Erdoğan and Bayram Namaz in jail, however.

11 September 2012

Lawyer Kırdök: "This Trial is a Complot"

MLKP TRIAL

Lawyer Kırdök: "This Trial is a Complot"

None of the 12 detained defendants of the MKLP trial were released at the hearing on 13 October. The trial with a total of 24 defendants has been pending for six years. The defence lawyers pointed to contradictions and called the case a "complot".

14 October 2011 Nilay Vardar

Four Defendants Released in MLKP Trial

Four Defendants Released in MLKP Trial

The Istanbul 12th High Criminal Court decided to release Atılım newspaper executive Çiçek and three other defendants pending trial. Özgür Radio employee Erdoğan remains in prison. The defendants are charged with membership in the underground MLKP organization.

18 May 2011 Nilay Vardar

Defendants Insist on Defence in Their Mother Tongue

MARXIST LENINIST COMMUNIST PARTY

Defendants Insist on Defence in Their Mother Tongue

The 23 defendants tired for their alleged membership of the MLKP communist party insisted on presenting their defence in Kurdish as their mother tongue but the court refused permission. Defendant Çelebi claimed that the detention period of 4 years turned into torture.

13 December 2010 Erhan Üstündağ

Radio Journalist Gürbüz to Be Tried for "MLKP Membership"

Radio Journalist Gürbüz to Be Tried for "MLKP Membership"

Izmir Demokrat Radio broadcasting editor Gürbüz and eight others will be on trial for membership in the Marxist Leninist Communist Party.

15 July 2009 Erol Önderoğlu