Journalists in State of Emergency — 32
Recent arrest of reporter Mehmet Güleş brings number of journalists in prison to 149
09.12.2016
Mehmet Güleş, a reporter for the shuttered Dicle News Agency (DIHA), was put under arrest on Dec. 7.
Güleş was arrested after his initial detention on the same date in Elazığ province. According to media reports, Güleş exercised his right to remain silent during his police interrogation and was arrested by an Elazığ court on charges of propagating for a terrorist organization. The court has treated news reports filed by him while working at DIHA, his Facebook posts and mobile phone traffic as evidence.
P24 has also recently become aware that two Zaman employees — Ali Babür Boysal, a page designer, and Tahsin Kürklü, head of the newspaper’s transportation department — were arrested in the coup investigation. Addition of these two men to P24’s list and Güleş’s arrest bring the total number of journalists in prison to 149. The full list of journalists in prison can be viewed here.
Legal proceedings, access bans
On Dec. 7, prosecutors rejected an appeal filed by lawyers representing journalists of Cumhuriyet, demanding the release of their clients on the grounds that “evidence for the case has not yet been collected.”
A court has accepted an indictment against two journalists — Hüseyin Tahmaz and Hasan Hayri Şanlı — who participated in a solidarity campaign for Özgür Gündem. The first hearing in the trial — where the journalists are accused of propagating for a terrorist organization — is scheduled for Jan. 31, 2017.
On Dec. 6, a court banned access to the online version of a news report by journalist Çiğdem Toker, published on July 11 by Cumhuriyet on SADAT A.Ş., a private military training company whose founder was appointed as an advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
On Dec. 9, journalist and painter Zehra Doğan will appear before a Mardin court following her arrest on July 23. Doğan, who was detained on July 22 while sitting at a Mardin café, is charged with membership in a terrorist organization and propagating for a terrorist organization.
Journalists arrested under State of Emergency as part of coup investigation
1 Abdullah Kılıç, Meydan columnist
2 Abdullah Özyurt, Zaman Newspaper reporter
3 Ahmet Altan, Novelist and journalist
4 Ahmet Memiş, Journalist, Haberdar news site
5 Ahmet Metin Sekizkardeş, Zaman newspaper
6 Ahmet Turan Alkan, Zaman columnist
7 Ahmet Yavaş, TRT (Erzurum)
8 Alaattin Güner, Cihan News Agency media director
9 Alaattin Kaya, Formerly owned rights to Zaman
10 Ali Akkuş, Zaman, general publications editor
11 Ali Bulaç, Zaman Newspaper columnist
12 Ali Ünal, Zaman columnist
13 Atilla Taş, Meydan Newspaper columnist
14 Ayşe Nazlı Ilıcak, Yarına Bakış
15 Ayşenur Parıldak, Zaman
16 Aytekin Gezici, Journalist
17 Aziz İstegün, Diyarbakır Zaman regional representative
18 Bayram Kaya, Zaman reporter
19 Bayram Parlak, Radyo Cihan (Diyarbakır)
20 Bünyamin Köseli, Aksiyon Magazine reporter
21 Cemal Azmi Kalyoncu, Journalists and Writers Foundation
22 Cihan Acar, Bugün reporter
23 Cihat Ünal, Antalya Zaman reporter
24 Cuma Kaya, Zaman Newspaper
25 Cuma Ulus, Millet Newspaper publications coordinator
26 Cumali Önal, Zaman, in charge of Arabic editions
27 Eda Şanlı, owner of local Antalya newspaper and columnist for Bizim Antalya
28 Emre Soncan, Zaman defense reporter
29 Ercan Gün, Fox TV News editor
30 Erdal Şen, Meydan newspaper managing editor
31 Faruk Akkan, Cihan News Agency journalist
32 Fevzi Yazıcı, Zaman Newspaper
33 Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu, Türksolu columnist
34 Gültekin Avcı
35 Habip Güler, Zaman reporter
36 Hakan Taşdelen
37 Halil İbrahim Mert, TRT (Erzurum)
38 Hanım Büşra Erdal, Zaman reporter and columnist
39 Haşim Söylemez, Aksiyon Magazine columnist
40 Hüseyin Aydın, Cihan reporter
41 Hüseyin Turan, Zaman columnist
42 İbrahim Balta, Zaman business news editor
43 ibrahim Kareyeğen, Zaman managing editor
44 İsa Siyi, Haberdar news site
45 Kenan Baş, Antalya Zaman reporter
Lalezar Sarıibrahimoğlu (Lale Kemal), Zaman columnist -Released
46 Lokman Erdoğan, Çorum Manşet (Antalya) owner and columnist
47 Mehmet Altan, professor of economics, author and journalist
48 Mehmet Dener, Şanlıurfa.com editor-in-chief
49 Mehmet Kuru, Zaman Eskişehir reporter
50 Mehmet Özdemir, Zaman
51 Muhammet Taşçılar, Sanliurfa.com website editor-in-chief
52 Murat Aksoy, Yeni Şafak columnist
53 Murat Avcıoğlu, Zaman
54 Murat Öztürk, Çorum Manşet (Antalya) managing editor
55 Mustafa Erkan Acar, Bugün news manager
56 Mustafa Ünal, Ankara Bureau Chief of Zaman
57 Mutlu Çölgeçen, Millet newsroom coordinator
58 Mümtazer Türköne, Zaman columnist
59 Nuri Durna, TRT
Nuriye Ural (Akman), Zaman columnist -Released
60 Nurullah Kaya, G.antep Zaman regional representative
61 Olgun Matur, Antalya journalist
62 Osman Yakut, Zaman Antalya
63 Özkan Mayda, Antalya Zaman reporter
64 Ramazan Alkan, Yeni Akit reporter
65 Resul Cengiz, Eski Zaman Denizli reporter
66 Seyid Kılıç, TRT Haber
67 Şahin Alpay, Zaman columnist
68 Şeref Yılmaz, Irmak TV
69 Tuncer Çetinkaya, Zaman Antalya regional representative
70 Ufuk Şanlı, columnist for Vatan newspaper
71 Vahit Yazgan, İzmir Zaman regional representative
72 Vedat Demir, Yarına Bakış Columnist
73 Yakup Çetin, Zaman Reporter
74 Yakup Şimşek, Zaman marketing manager
75 Yalçın Güler, TRT (Erzurum)
76 Yener Dönmez, Habervaktim news site
77 Yetkin Yıldız, Aktif Haber
78 Zafer Özsoy
79 Ali Babür Boysal, Zaman page designer
80 Tahsin Kürklü, head of Zaman's transportation department
Journalists arrested in Cumhuriyet operation on Nov. 5, 2016
81 Akın Atalay, President of Cumhuriyet Foundation Executive Board (arrested on Nov. 12)
82 Murat Sabuncu, Editor-in-Chief
83 Kadri Gürsel, Editorial Advisor
84 Turhan Günay, Chief Editor of the paper’s book supplement
85 Musa Kart, Cartoonist
86 Güray Tekin Öz, columnist
87 Hakan Karasinir, columnist
88 Mustafa Kemal Güngör, Cumhuriyet Foundation board member
89 Önder Çelik, Cumhuriyet Foundation board member
90 Bülent Utku, Cumhuriyet Foundation board member
Journalists taken into custody as part of coup probe
Abdullah Katırcıoğlu, Legal status after detention unknown
Emre Koçali, Haberdar, Legal status after detention unknown
Erkan Büyük, Haberdar, Legal status after detention unknown
Özcan Keser, TRT İstanbul, Legal status after detention unknown
Vedat Beki, Sözcü 18, In custody
Journalists released after being held as part of coup probe under State of Emergency
Abdullah Alparslan Akkuş, former NTV news editor, Released after being questioned by prosecutor
Arda Akın, Hürriyet reporter, released by court after objection to arrest ruling
Ayhan Şimşek, Released on probation
Bülent Mumay, former Hürriyet digital publications coordinator, released after court arraignment
Dinçer Gökçe, Hürriyet internet editor, Released on probation
Hakan Bülent Yardımcı, Released on probation
Hilmi Yavuz, Zaman columnist, released due to poor health, scheduled to testify later in the investigation
İhsan Duran Dağı, Zaman columnist, Released after being questioned by prosecutor
İskender Yunus Tiryaki,Bugün reporter , Released on probation
Levent Arap, Postmedya.com site executive, Released on probation
Mehmet Gündem, former Milliyet columnist, released after arraignment
Nurullah Öztürk,former Yeni Şafak general coordinator and Zaman columnist, Released after being questioned by prosecutor
Osman Nuri Arslan, FİA finance company partner, Released on probation
Osman Nuri Öztürk, Released on probation
Ömer Şahin ,Meydan newspaper’s former Ankara bureau chief, Released after being questioned by prosecutor
Rasih Yılmaz,Samanyoluhaber columnist, Released after being questioned by prosecutor
Rıfat Söylemez, Adana Haber, Released after arraignment
Taner Talaş, Adana Yerel, Released under electronic monitoring
Yakup Sağlam, Samanyolu reporter, Released on probation
Yüksel Evsen, Adana journalist, Released on probation
Zeki Önal, Not detained due to advanced age and poor health
Journalists being sought in coup probe by judiciary
Asım Yıldırım, STV anchor
Ayşe Özkalay, Yeni Hayat columnist
Behçet Akyar
Bilal Şahin, Özgür Düşünce
Bülent Ceyhan, Özgür Düşünce
Bülent Keneş, Former Today's Zaman editor-in-chief
Bülent Korucu, Zaman columnist
Can Bahadır Yüce, Zaman columnist
Celil Sağır,Today's Zaman managing editor
Cevheri Güven, Nokta Magazine editor-in-chief
Ergun Babahan
Erhan Başyurt, Bugün editor-in-chief
Erkan Akkuş, BUGÜN TV
Ertuğrul Erbaş, Former Nokta editor
Eyüp Can Sağlık, former Radikal editor-in-chief
Faruk Arslan, Zaman columnist
Faruk Kardıç
Fatih Akalan, Samanyolu Haber TV commentator
Fatih Yağmur, former Radikal reporter
Hamit Bilici, Zaman Editor-in-Chief
Hamit Çiçek
Hasan Cücük, Zaman reporter
Hüseyin Döğme
İbrahim Öztürk, Zaman columnist
İhsan Yılmaz, Today's Zaman columnist
Kamil Maman, Bugün reporter
Kemal Gülen, STV anchor
Kerim Balcı, Turkish Review editor-in-chief
Kerim Gün, Zaman editor
Levent Kenez, Meydan editor-in-chief
Mahmut Akpınar, Millet columnist
Mahmut Hazar, Cihan News Agency
Mehmet Akif Afşar
Mehmet Kamış, Zaman columnist
Melih Kılıç, Zaman Media Group Sales Department employee
Metin Tamer Gökçeoğlu
Metin Yıkar, Samanyolu Haber
Muhammed Fatih Uğur, Zaman news editor
Mürsel Genç, Cihan reporter
Nevzat Güner
Oktay Vızvız
Osman Özsoy, Rota Haber columnist, academic
Ömer Karakaş
Önder Deligöz, former Yeni Şafak reporter
Sait Sefa, Haberdar
Savaş Genç, former TRT reporter and academic
Sedat Yetişkin
Selahattin Sevi, Zaman photography editor
Selçuk Gültaşlı, Zaman Brussels representative
Sevgi Akarçeşme, Today’s Zaman editor-in-chief
Süleyman Sargın
Şemsettin Efe
Şenol Kahraman
Turan Görüryılmaz, Can Erzincan TV anchor
Turhan Bozkurt, Zaman columnist
Ufuk Emin Köroğlu, Karşı Gazete reporter
Veysel Ayhan
Yavuz Baydar, Haberdar.com columnist
Yonca Kaya Şahin, Rotahaber online news site columnist
Journalists detained under State of Emergency outside coup probe
Selami Aslan – DİHA, Released
Selman Keleş – DİHA, Under arrest
İdris Yılmaz – DİHA, Under arrest
Mehmet Sıddık Damar – DİHA, Released
Esra Aydın – JİNHA, Released
Geylan Arslan – JİNHA, Released
Nizamettin Yılmaz – Azadiya Welat, Under arrest
İdris Yılmaz – DİHA, Under arrest
Haydar Ergül – Demokratik Modernite, Under arrest
Hasan Akbaş – Evrensel, Released
Fırat Topal – Evrensel, Released
Serpil Berk – Evrensel, Released
Sertaç Kayar – Serbest Gazeteci, Released
Engin Eren – DİHA, Released on probation
Fatma Edemen – ETHA, Released
Davut Uçar– Özgür Gündem, Released
Doğan Güzel– Özgür Gündem, Released
Ersin Çaksu – Özgür Gündem, Released
Günay Aksoy – Özgür Gündem, Released
Kemal Bozkurt – Özgür Gündem, Released
Reyhan Hacıoğlu – Özgür Gündem, Released
Önder Elaldı – Özgür Gündem, Released
Ender Önder – Özgür Gündem, Released
Sinan Balık – Özgür Gündem, Released
Fırat Yeşilçınar – Özgür Gündem, Released
Özgür Paksoy – DİHA reporter, Released
Zeki Erden – Özgür Gündem, Released
Elif Aydoğmuş – Özgür Gündem, Released
Ersin Çaksu – Özgür Gündem, Released
Mesut Kaynar – DİHA, Released
Sevdiye Gürbüz – Özgür Gündem, Released
Amine Demirkıran – Özgür Gündem, Released
Bayram Balcı – Özgür Gündem, Released
Burcu Özkaya – Özgür Gündem, Released
Yılmaz Bozkurt –Press Office of Chamber of Medicine, Released
Gülfem Karataş – İMC TV, Released
Gökhan Çetin – İMC TV, Released
Hüseyin Gündüz – Doğu Yayınevi , Released
Halil Polat – Freelancer, Under arrest
Sabahattin Koyuncu – DİHA, Under arrest
Cemil Uğur – Evrensel, Under arrest
Yasemin Sayın– Azadiya Welat, Under arrest
Hayat Yılmaz– Azadiya Welat, Under arrest
Ahmet Kızılaya– Azadiya Welat, Released
Arap Turan– Azadiya Welat,Under arrest
Berxwedan Tulpar– Azadiya Welat, Released
Sürreya Dal– Azadiya Welat, Released
Zeynep İzgi– Azadiya Welat, Released on probation
İbrahim Bayram– Azadiya Welat, Released on probation
Engin Özelçi– Azadiya Welat, Released on probation
Ahmet Boltan– Azadiya Welat, Released
Ceylan İpek– Azadiya Welat, Released
Mehmet Emin Kaya– Azadiya Welat, Released
Ziyan Karahan– Azadiya Welat, Released
Veysi Altın– Azadiya Welat, Released
Ercan Yeltaş– Azadiya Welat, Released
Azime Tarhan– Azadiya Welat, Released
Serdal Polat– Azadiya Welat, Released on probation
Cengiz Aslan– Azadiya Welat, Released
Ferit Toprak– Azadiya Welat, Under arrest
Mehmet Hüseyin Şahin– Azadiya Welat, Released
Mehmet Aydın– Azadiya Welat, Released
Pusat Bulut– Azadiya Welat, Released on probation
Mehmet Emin Akgün – Azadiya Welat, Released
Mecrum Tokal, Azadiya Welat (Released to be detained again on the same day), In custody
Mehmet Ali Ertaş – DİHA, In custody
Arjin Dilek — DİHA, Released
Beritan İrlan — DİHA,Released
Şaban İba, Özgür Gündem – In custody
Olivier Bertrand, Le Jour – Deported after release
Müjgan Ekin, Özgür Gün TV – Believed to have been abducted in extrajudicial detention
Fethi Balaman – DİHA – in custody
Journalists arrested during State of Emergency outside coup probe
91 Zeynel Abidin Bulut – Azadiya Welat
92 Zehra Doğan – JİNHA
93 Hülya Karakaya – Özgür Halk
94 Mehmet Arslan – DİHA
Şermin Soydan – DİHA , Released
Lindsey Snell – Freelancer – Released and deported on Oct. 13
95 Aslı Erdoğan – Özgür Gündem
96 Metin Bekiroğlu – DİHA
97 İnan Kızılkaya – Özgür Gündem
98 Zana (Bilir) Kaya – Özgür Gündem
99 Erdem Muhirci – DİHA
100 Ali Aşikar – Azadiya Welat
101 Necmiye Alpay – Özgür Gündem
102 Sabahattin Koyuncu – DİHA
103 Arap Turan – Azadiya Welat
104 Ferit Toprak – Azadiya Welat
105 Rabia Özkaya – Özgür Halk
106 Şirin Çoban – Azadiya Welat
107 İlker İlkan – Azadiya Welat
108 Cemil Uğur – Evrensel
109 Mehmet Anıl – ETHA
110 Sadık Demir – Radyo Karacadağ
111 Mizgin Çay – Radyo Karacadağ
112 Salih Erbekler – Radyo Karacadağ
113 Togay Okay – Özgür Gelecek
114 Ayhan Karahan – Local Bodrum journalist
115 Perihan Kara – Freelance journalist
116 Aysel Işık – Freelance journalist
117 Mehmet Güleş – DİHA
List of journalists arrested before State of Emergency
118 Abdulkadir Turay, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) reporter
119 Ali Konar, Azadiya Welat representative
120 Arafat Dayan, Demokratik Ulus former managing editor
121 Cebrail Parıltı, Anadolu Ajansı (AA) Derik reporter
122 Emin Demir, Freelancer
123 Erdal Süsem, Eylül Magazine Editor
124 Erol Zavar, Odak magazine’s owner
125 Ferhat Çiftçi, Azadiya Welat Gaziantep representative
126 Feyyaz İmrak, DİHA reporter
127 Gurbet Çakar, Hevi women’s magazine
128 Hamit Dilbahar, Azadiya Welat columnist
129 Hatice Duman, owner of Atılım newspaper
130 Hidayet Karaca, President of Samanyolu Media
131 Kamuran Sunbat, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA)
132 Kenan Karavil, Radyo Dünya Editor-in-chief
133 Mazlum Dolan, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) reporter
134 Mehmet Baransu, Taraf columnist
135 Mikail Barut, Özgür Halk Magazine former Editor
136 Miktat Algül, Mezitli FM, General broadcast coordinator
137 Muhammed Doğru, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) reporter
138 Mustafa Gök, Ekmek ve Adalet Magazine Ankara representative
139 Nedim Türfent, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) reporter
140 Nuri Yeşil, Azadiya Welat Dersim Temsilcisi
141 Özgür Amed (Ethem Çağır), Özgür Gündem columnist
142 Sami Tunca, Mücadele Birliği Magazine news editor
143 Serkan Aydemir, Bitlis Aktüel reporter
144 Seyithan Akyüz, Azadiya Welat Adana
145 Şahabettin Demir, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) reporter
146 Şerife Oruç, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) reporter
147 Şermin Soydan, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) reporter — Released on Nov. 23
148 Yılmaz Kahraman, Özgür Halk Magazine Editor
149 Ziya Ataman, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) Intern
List of media outlets shut down under State of Emergency decrees
TV Stations: Barış TV, Bugün TV, Can Erzincan TV, Dünya TV, Hira TV, Irmak TV, Kanal 124, Kanaltürk, MC TV, Mehtap TV, Merkür TV, Samanyolu Haber, Samanyolu TV, SRT TV, Tuna Shopping TV, Yumurcak TV, İMC TV, Hayat TV, Özgür Gün TV, Van TV, Van Genç TV, TV 10, Jiyan TV, Azadi TV, Denge TV, Mezopotamya TV and Birlik Medya TV.
News Agencies: Cihan Haber Ajansı, Muhabir Haber Ajansı, SEM Haber Ajansı, JIN, DİHA
Newspapers: Adana Haber, Adana Medya, Akdeniz Türk, Şuhut’un Sesi, Kurtuluş, Lider, İscehisar, Durum, Türkeli, Antalya, Yerel Bakış, Nazar, Batman, Batman Postası, Batman Doğuş, Bingöl Olay, İrade, İskenderun Olay, Ekonomi, Ege’de Son Söz, Demokrat Gebze, Kocaeli Manşet, Bizim Kocaeli, Haber Kütahya, Gediz, Zafer, Hisar, Turgutlu Havadis, Milas Feza, Türkiye’de Yeni Yıldız, Hakikat, Urfa Haber Ajansı, Ajans 11, Yeni Emek, Banaz Postası, Son Nokta, Merkür Haber, Millet, Bugün, Meydan, Özgür Düşünce, Taraf, Yarına Bakış, Yeni Hayat, Zaman, Today’s Zaman, Özgür Gündem, Azadiya Welat, Batman Çağdaş, CizrePostası, Güney Express,İdil Haber,Kızıltepe’nin Sesi, Prestij Haber Gazetesi, Urfanatik Gazetesi, Yüksekova Haber.Express Gazetesi (Adana), Türkiye Manşet (Çorum), Dağyeli Gazetesi (Hatay), Akis Gazetesi (Kütahya), İpekyolu Gazetesi (Ordu), Son Dakika Gazetesi (İzmir), Yedigün Gazetesi (Ankara), Haberexen Dergisi(Samsun) .
Magazines: Akademik Araştırmalar, Aksiyon, Asya Pasifik, Bisiklet Çocuk, Diyalog, Avrasya, Ekolife, Ekoloji, Fountain, Gonca, Gül Yaprağı, Nokta, Sızıntı, Yağmur, Yeni Ümit, Zirve, Evrensel Kültür Dergisi, Özgürlük Dünyası, Tiroj.
Radio stations: Aksaray Mavi, Aktüel, Berfin, Burç, Cihan, Dünya, Esra, Haber Radyo Ege, Herkül, Jest, Kanaltürk, Radyo 59, Radyo Aile Rehberi, Radyo Bamteli, Radyo Cihan, Radyo Fıkıh, Radyo Küre, Radyo Mehtap, Radyo Nur, Radyo Şemşik, Samanyolu Haber, Umut, Yağmur, Rengin Radyo, Özgür Radyo, Ses Radyo, Radyo Karacadağ, Özgür Güneş, Patnos FM, Dünya Radyo, Batman FM.
Publishing houses: Altınburç, Burak Basın Yayın Dağıtım, Define, Dolunay Eğitim Yayın Dağıtım, Giresun Basın Yayın Dağıtım, Gonca, Gülyurdu, GYV, Işık Akademi, Işık Özel Eğitim, İklim Basın Yayın Pazarlama, Kaydırak, Kaynak, Kervan Basın Yayıncılık, Kuşak, Muştu, Nil, Rehber, Sürat Basım Yayın Reklamcılık Eğitim Araçları, Sütun, Şahdamar, Ufuk Basın Yayın Haber Ajans Pazarlama, Ufuk, Waşanxaneya Nil, Yay Basın Dağıtım, Yeni Akademi, Yitik Hazine, Zambak Basın Yayın Eğitim Turizm.
Outlets allowed to resume broadcasts after being shut down under SoE: Zarok TV (must comply with new requirement of 40 percent of broadcasts in Turkish), Yön Radyo.
*Glossary of legal terms used in this text
Detain / Place in custody: To hold in police custody for police interrogation first, and later for testimony to a prosecutor. Might lead to a court appearance depending on the action taken by the prosecutor.
Arrest: To put into prison indefinitely – by court order – pending trial.
Released on probation: Released with an international flight ban issued. Usually entails checking in regularly with a designated police station.
These lists have been compiled by P24 editors from open news sources and will be updated regularly. Journalists who want to report developments about themselves or their colleagues can contact us at punto24info@gmail.com