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Lice District Mayor Receives Prison Sentence

Lice District Mayor Receives Prison Sentence

Diyarbakır 2nd High Criminal Court sentenced Lice Co-Mayor Rezan Zuğurli to 4 years and 2 months in prison for “not being a member of an organization but committing crime for them”.

Court Convicts Student for Throwing Egg at EU Minister

Court Convicts Student for Throwing Egg at EU Minister

A court in the Aegean province of İzmir sentenced university student E.Ç. to five months in prison on the charge of “intentionally injuring a civil servant” for throwing an egg at European Union (EU) Minister and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bağış. The court later suspended the sentence.

Independent deputy Aysel Tuğluk sentenced to 14.5 years behind bars

Independent deputy Aysel Tuğluk sentenced to 14.5 years behind bars

A court sentenced Aysel Tuğluk, an independent deputy from the eastern province of Van and the co-chair of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK,) to 14 years and seven months in prison on terrorism related charges.

15 Years in Jail for 7 Speeches

15 Years in Jail for 7 Speeches

Former BDP Deputy Halis was handed a prison sentence of more than 15.5 years on charges of "membership in an illegal organization" and "propaganda" due to seven speeches he made during his election campaign and term as Member of Parliament.

"Additional Information" Landed Journalist in Jail

"Additional Information" Landed Journalist in Jail

Birgün reporter Aşam was sentenced to one year in jail on the grounds of supportive information of a news item published in January this year. Her signature was not under the main news but under a box with additional information.

16 December 2011 Emel Gülcan

Two Trials for Singing Kurdish Folk Songs

Two Trials for Singing Kurdish Folk Songs

Raziye Kızıl (Gazin), faces two trials because of Kurdish folk songs. The Kurdish lyrics in the police records were supposedly translated incorrectly. The court did not accept the related objection and sentenced her to one year in jail. The second trial carries a five-year prison threat.

11 October 2011 Oktay Candemir

Police Officer Sentenced to 19 Years in Jail for Gezer Murder

Police Officer Sentenced to 19 Years in Jail for Gezer Murder

Special operations police officer Serkan Akbulut was handed down a life sentence for killing Emrah Gezer because he sang a Kurdish song. The sentence was then mitigated to imprisonment of 19 years and 5 months due to "unjust provocation".

9 September 2011 Ekin Karaca

Two-year Prison Sentence for Kurdish Politician Tuğluk

Two-year Prison Sentence for Kurdish Politician Tuğluk

The independent Deputy of Van, Aysel Tuğluk, was sentenced to imprisonment of two years on charges of "spreading propaganda for a terrorist organization".

Prison Sentence for Dubious Facebook Account

Prison Sentence for Dubious Facebook Account

Newspaper distributor Karahan was sentenced to imprisonment of two years on charges of "propaganda for an illegal organization". The sentence was based on certain terms posted on a Facebook account registered in Karahan's name.

15 June 2011 Ayça Söylemez

Journalist Çapraz on Five-Year Probation Period

Journalist Çapraz on Five-Year Probation Period

The Yüksekova 1st Criminal Court of First Instance sentenced journalist Erkan Çapraz to imprisonment of ten months for publishing a certain article on the Yüksekova Haber newspaper's website. The pronouncement of the judgement was postponed.

12 May 2011 Erol Önderoğlu

Heavy Prison Sentence for Journalist Abay

Heavy Prison Sentence for Journalist Abay

The Istanbul 12th High Criminal Court sentenced publisher Abay to almost 19 years imprisonment on charges of managing the MLKP organization. Former Atılım newspaper chief editor Duman was handed down a life sentence. The decision was taken to the Court of Appeals.

6 May 2011 Erol Önderoğlu

Detained Journalist Kılınç Sentenced to Six Years in Jail

Detained Journalist Kılınç Sentenced to Six Years in Jail

The Diyarbakır 5th High Criminal Court handed down a prison sentence of six years and nine months to journalist Ozan Kılıç, former concessionaire of the Azadiya Welat newspaper. Kılınç was charged with "spreading propaganda for an illegal organization".

20 Former DTP Members Convicted of 'Propaganda'

20 Former DTP Members Convicted of 'Propaganda'

20 people were sentenced to imprisonment of ten months each on charges of "spreading propaganda for an illegal organization". They were convicted on the base of a sit-down protest action organized by the banned Democratic Society Party in Diyarbakır 2008.

17 March 2011 Emir Çelik

Author Güler and Publisher Zarakolu Convicted

Author Güler and Publisher Zarakolu Convicted

Charges of "propaganda for the PKK" lead to the conviction of writer Güler and publisher Zarakolu based on the book "The KCK file/Global state and Kurds without a state". Güler received a prison sentence and Zarakolu a monetary fine despite the prosecutor's plea for their acquittal.

11 March 2011 Emir Çelik

Five-Month Sentence for Conscientious Objector Savda

Five-Month Sentence for Conscientious Objector Savda

The Court of Appeals upheld and finalized a five-month prison sentence for conscientious objector Savda on the grounds of a press release critic of Israel and supportive of Israeli conscientious objectors.

4 March 2011 Mustafa Sütlaş

11-month Prison Sentence for Criticizing "Co-Wife" Proposal

11-month Prison Sentence for Criticizing "Co-Wife" Proposal

Journalist Topçu was sentenced to eleven months in jail on the grounds of his criticism on Rize Mayor Bakırcı who had suggested "co-wives for Kurds" in order to solve the Kurdish question. At the same time, Black Sea journalists associations condemned recent police violence against journalists.

1 March 2011 Emir Çelik

2 Journalists Sentenced to Jail after Covering Demonstration

2 Journalists Sentenced to Jail after Covering Demonstration

Dicle News Agency reporter Yıldız and Güneydoğu Ekspress reporter Dayan were each sentenced to almost eight years in prison together with another 23 defendants who attended a demonstration in 2008. Both journalists said they followed the event for professional reasons.

28 February 2011 Emir Çelik

Journalist Güler Sentenced, another Trial Pending

Journalist Güler Sentenced, another Trial Pending

Journalist Erdal Güler, owner of the Revolutionary Democracy newspaper, was sentenced to six months in jail. Güler was just released last October after three years in prison. Another trial on "propaganda for an illegal organization" is still pending against him.

7 February 2011 Emir Çelik

Turkish Singer Lands in Jail for Mentioning Revolutionist

Turkish Singer Lands in Jail for Mentioning Revolutionist

The Turkish singer Pınar Sağ was sentenced to imprisonment of ten months on charges of "praising" killed leftist revolutionist İbrahim Kaypakkaya. The Contemporary Lawyers Association criticized the decision and called for an end of the "judicial terror".

31 January 2011 Emir Çelik

Kurdish Folk Singer Sentenced after Appeal

Kurdish Folk Singer Sentenced after Appeal

A Malatya court sentenced Kurdish folk musician Tunç to one month imprisonment on the grounds of his statement at a festival and postponed the pronouncement of judgement. The Court of Appeals had quashed the first verdict of the local court for Tunç's acquittal.

28 January 2011 Elvan Kısmet

Writer Nevin Berktaş Convicted - Deduction Dismissed

Writer Nevin Berktaş Convicted - Deduction Dismissed

Writer Nevin Berktaş received a ten-month prison sentence because of her book on her time in prison. Due to a mistake, she had previously been imprisoned for more than 5 years too long. Her request to take this time into account accordingly was dismissed. She filed an appeal.

14 December 2010 Burçin Belge

Kurdish Mayor Yetişkin in Prison

Kurdish Mayor Yetişkin in Prison

Ruken Yetişmiş, Mayor of Yüksekova in south-eastern Turkey, went to jail after the 6-month postponement of her sentence elapsed on 5 December. She will probably be released after 7 months and 10 days. The Kurdish politician considers her sentence a "political" punishment.

8 December 2010 Emir Çelik

Pro-Kurdish Politicians Sentenced for "Propaganda"

Pro-Kurdish Politicians Sentenced for "Propaganda"

Atalay, mayor of the south-eastern province of Batman, was sentenced to 2.5 years in jail for alleged spreading of propaganda for an illegal organization. Gençdal from the Group for a Peaceful and Democratic Solution received a 20-month sentence.

24 November 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Journalists Pursue Freedom for Detained Colleagues

"STANDING UP FOR JOURNALISM"

Journalists Pursue Freedom for Detained Colleagues

The Freedom for Journalists Platform announced that 50 press employees are currently imprisoned and that 1,200 trials against journalists are pending. Delegations of the platform are going to monitor the cases against sociologist Beşikçi and journalist Koçali.

8 November 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

News Website Founder Büyükçakır Sentenced to 11 Months

News Website Founder Büyükçakır Sentenced to 11 Months

HaberinYeri.com website official Büyükçakır received a prison sentence on the grounds of a reader comment posted on the site. The comment referred to the statement that President Gül supposedly descended from an Armenian family. Büyükçakır will file a complaint.

4 November 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Prison Sentences for Commemorating 12-Year Old Kaymaz

Prison Sentences for Commemorating 12-Year Old Kaymaz

A Diyarbakır court convicted 6 defendants of "organizational propaganda" on the grounds of their commemorating Ahmet Kaymaz and his son Uğur who were killed by the police. One of the convicts is Uğur's uncle.

6 October 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

8th Trial for Journalist Saymaz - 70-year Sentence Impending

8th Trial for Journalist Saymaz - 70-year Sentence Impending

Radikal newspaper reporter Ismail Saymaz will be tried for his article "Love games in Ergenekon" and faces imprisonment of 11.5 years. The 1st hearing is scheduled for 2011. This is the 8th case filed against Saymaz who faces prison sentences of a total of 70 years.

13 September 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Prison Sentence for Editor of Revolutionary Movement Magazine

Prison Sentence for Editor of Revolutionary Movement Magazine

An Istanbul court handed a 1year and 3 months prison sentence to Fehmi Kılıç, editorial manager of the Revolutionary Movement magazine because of "spreading propaganda for a terror organization".

30 July 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Lawyer Charged for Criticising Official for Massacred Prisoners

"RETURN TO LIFE" OPERATION

Lawyer Charged for Criticising Official for Massacred Prisoners

Contemporary Lawyers Association President Kozağaçlı is facing both prison sentence and a compensation claim on the ground of his criticism of Ali Suat Ertosun, former Prisons and Arrest Stations General Director on duty during the "Return to Life" operation.

29 July 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Kurdish Journalist Kılınç Detained 5 Months after Conviction

Kurdish Journalist Kılınç Detained 5 Months after Conviction

Journalist Kılınç, former official of the Kurdish Azadiya Welat newspaper, was detained on 22 July. He had received a prison sentence of more than 21 years in February on the grounds of spreading propaganda for the PKK in some of the articles published in the paper.

23 July 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Journalist Çandar Sued for Criticizing Handling of Dink Murder Case

Journalist Çandar Sued for Criticizing Handling of Dink Murder Case

Referans newspaper writer Çandar is facing imprisonment for his article about the handling of the Hrant Dink murder case. He criticized that the secret witness had not appeared at court. He had also called the judge being too free-and-easy. His trial was postponed to 13 December.

14 July 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Journalist Ilıcak Facing Imprisonment - Again

Journalist Ilıcak Facing Imprisonment - Again

Journalist Nazlı Ilıcak is facing imprisonment for an article where she wrote about accusations that Ergenekon defendant Atilla Uğur organized the order to kill Rıdvan Özden".

12 July 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

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