Journalists in State of Emergency – 37

Three Özgür Gündem journalists released, Ahmet Şık detained on Dec. 29

P24

30.12.2016

On Dec. 29, writer Aslı Erdoğan, linguist Necmiye Alpay and editor-in-chief of the shuttered Özgür Gündem daily Zana Kaya were released in the first hearing of a trial where they stand accused of “spreading propaganda for a terrorist organization” along with six other suspects.

The three journalists were released from prison after the trial.

Journalist Ahmet Şık was detained on Dec. 29, reportedly based on his tweets.

On Dec. 27, Bodrum journalist Ayhan Karahan, who’d been under arrest since Nov. 7 on charges of insulting the president was also released from prison. Karahan was given a year and two months in prison for insulting the president by a Muğla court, but he was let go as the court suspended his sentence.

The number of journalists in prison has fallen to 144 after the four releases, according to P24’s list.

Özgür Gündem trial

The Istanbul 23rd High Criminal Court, which heard the first session in the trial, ruled to keep Özgür Gündem’s responsible managing editor, İnan Kızılkaya, under arrest.

The court issued an international travel ban for Erdoğan, Alpay and Kaya and ruled to keep in place probation measures for Eren Keskin, a former editor-in-chief of the said newspaper.

The three journalists released on Dec. 29 had been imprisoned since August.

Özgür Gündem was shut down on Oct. 29 under a cabinet decree.

The other defendants in the trial are Kemal Sancılı, who holds the rights to Özgür Gündem; executive Bilge Aykut; journalist Ragıp Zarakolu, and former editor-in-chief Filiz Koçali.

Erdoğan, Alpay and Keskin were present in the first hearing. The other two defendants in prison, Kızılkaya and Kaya, were not brought from Silivri Prison, on the grounds that the correctional officers in charge did not process an order to bring them to court.

Observers in attendance included diplomats from the consulates of France, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany and the UK; Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputies Sezgin Tanrıkulu, Barış Yarkadaş and Selina Doğan, as well as several writers and publishers from France and Germany.

Aslı Erdoğan’s defense

In her defense statement, novelist Aslı Erdoğan denied all accusations. “I’m a person who is anti-war, who is anti-militaristic and who rejects all forms of killing including for self-defense; I’m someone who doesn’t even eat meat,” she said, adding that although she was formally listed on the newspaper’s list of advisory board members, she had never actively participated in any activities of the advisory board. She also noted that Özgür Gündem was a legally established newspaper, every issue of which was examined by press prosecutors.

Stating that not even one of her articles had ever been subject of any criminal investigation to date, Erdoğan said: “I was thrown into the artificially manufactured PKK/KCK sack, only because I stand against violence no matter who imposes it,” referring to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), often treated as a single entity by Turkish courts.

Statements by Alpay and Keskin

Linguist Necmiye Alpay also denied the charges, saying that her affiliation with the advisory board of Özgür Gündem had been confined to writing one article for the newspaper and standing in as the newspaper’s editor-in-chief for one day as part of a solidarity campaign for the daily.

Stating that she had been a victim of conviction without trial, Alpay said her pre-trial detention, which lasted for four months, was used as punishment against her.

Eren Keskin in her court statement explained her strong stance against “unsolved murders” — a euphemism in Turkey for what are believed to be mainly state-sponsored killings — adding that as a person who worked as a lawyer full time, she had no chance of being in charge as the daily’s editor-in-chief.

The trial was adjourned until Jan. 2.

Ahmet Şık taken into custody

Journalist Ahmet Şık was detained by police over a social media post, the journalist tweeted, shortly before his detention on Dec. 29.  

The journalist tweeted at around 7:50 am on Thursday that he was being taken into custody over a tweet he had posted earlier.

Barış Yarkadaş, a Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy, stated that he had been able to talk to Şık on the phone before he was detained, and said that Şık was being accused of “spreading propaganda on behalf of a terrorist organization” in his tweet.

Şık was detained over tweets suggesting that the shooter who assassinated Andrei Karlov on Dec.20, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, was not a member of the Fethullah Gülen community as the government claims, but a hit-man with possible connections to the state.

In other tweets which are believed to have also been cause for his detention, Şık had raised questions about recent security operations in Turkey’s Kurdish towns, which allegedly resulted in many civilian deaths; possible state involvement in the 2015 murder of Tahir Elçi, the chairman of the Diyarbakır Bar Association; and alleged support of the Turkish government for armed jihadi groups in Syria.

Although Şık tweeted that he was being detained due to a single tweet, the pro-government and state-owned Anatolia reported that the detention was also related to various other news reports including an interview with Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) administrator Cemil Bayık, published in Cumhuriyet daily on March 14, 2015; a column Şık wrote in the same newspaper titled “What We Do Is Journalism, What You Do Is Betrayal” on July 8, 2015; a news story suggesting that intelligence units had prior information about a 2013 bombing in the Turkish town of Reyhanlı; an interview with a statement expressing his opinion that those who were pro-PKK were also journalists.

Şık is accused of “spreading propaganda for a terrorist organization,” and “openly denigrating the Republic of Turkey, its judicial organs and its military and police,” according to the same report.

Şık was previously arrested during an investigation into the Oda TV news website in March 2011. He spent a year in prison. Prior to his arrest, he was working on a book regarding the alleged infiltration into the state hierarchy of the members of the Fethullah Gülen movement, an Islamic network, which the Turkish government accuses of being behind the failed coup of 15 July.

Şık has authored several books on Ergenekon, a shadowy network of individuals and organizations allegedly nested within the state hierarchy.

Alevi network taken off air

Yol TV, a pro-Alevi television network, in a statement issued on Dec. 29 announced that its broadcasts on the satellite platform Türksat had been suspended by the Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTÜK).

On Dec. 24, RTÜK ruled to suspend a show on Yol TV on the grounds that it “incited hatred towards the state among Kurdish and Alevi communities.”

Yol TV in its statement said “The voice of the Alevi community cannot be silenced, Yol TV cannot be silenced.”

The network called on internet users to tweet using the hashtag #YolTVSusturulamaz to show support.

650 journalists might be under investigation

CHP İstanbul deputy Barış Yarkadaş on Dec. 29 said he had heard that currently 650 journalists were being investigated by prosecutors over their tweets. Speaking to journalists before the Özgür Gündem trial, Yarkadaş said “I heard that tweets by 650 journalists are being examined. Such nonsensical investigations must stop.”
 
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, Pres. 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
      Oğuz Usluer, Habertürk TV former news coordinator
    
      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
Oğuz Usluer, former broadcast coordinator for Habertürk TV
Ömer Çelik, DİHA editor – , In custody
Metin Yoksun, DİHA reporter, In custody
Tunca Öğreten, former Diken editor, In custody
Mahir Kanaat, BirGün accountant, In custody
Derya Okatan, ETHA managing editor, In custody
Eray Sargın, owner of rights to Yolculuk newspaper, In custody
Ahmet Şık, Journalist, In custody
    
      Journalists arrested during State of Emergency outside coup probe
    
91    Zeynel Abidin Bulut – Azadiya Welat
      Zehra Doğan – JİNHA, Released in December 2016
92    Hülya Karakaya – Özgür Halk
93    Mehmet Arslan – DİHA
94    Şermin Soydan – DİHA , Released
95    Lindsey Snell – Freelancer – Released and deported on Oct. 13
96    Aslı Erdoğan – Özgür Gündem
97    Metin Bekiroğlu – DİHA
98    İnan Kızılkaya – Özgür Gündem
99    Zana (Bilir) Kaya – Özgür Gündem
100   Erdem Muhirci – DİHA
101   Ali Aşikar – Azadiya Welat
102   Necmiye Alpay – Özgür Gündem
103   Sabahattin Koyuncu – DİHA
104   Arap Turan – Azadiya Welat
105   Ferit Toprak – Azadiya Welat
106   Rabia Özkaya – Özgür Halk
107   Şirin Çoban – Azadiya Welat
108   İlker İlkan – Azadiya Welat
      Cemil Uğur – Evrensel, released in December
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
118   Hüsnü Mahalli, Yurt newspaper
    
      List of journalists arrested/convicted before State of Emergency
    
119   Abdulkadir Turay, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) reporter
120   Ali Konar, Azadiya Welat representative
121   Arafat Dayan, Demokratik Ulus former managing editor
122   Cebrail Parıltı, Anadolu Ajansı (AA) Derik reporter
123   Emin Demir, Freelancer
124   Erdal Süsem, Eylül Magazine Editor
125   Erol Zavar, Odak magazine’s owner
126   Ferhat Çiftçi, Azadiya Welat Gaziantep representative
      Feyyaz İmrak, DİHA reporter, Released
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
      Şermin Soydan, Dicle News Ajansı (DİHA) reporter — Released on Nov. 23
147   Yılmaz Kahraman, Özgür Halk Magazine Editor
148   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 , Birlik Medya TV, Yol 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.
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