Journalists in State of Emergency – 61

 
Editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet’s website Oğuz Güven was arrested on charges of spreading propaganda on behalf of a terrorist organization on May 15.
 
The journalist was detained on May 12, when a headline used in the online version of the newspaper about a prosecutor who died in a car crash upset government supporters. The headline for a news story about the accident read “Prosecutor who drafted the first 15 July indictment scythed by truck.”
 
Cumhuriyet reported that Güven was taken to the İstanbul Police Department located on Vatan Street after his detention.
 
Currently, eleven columnists and executives of the newspaper and one reporter are in prison facing terror-related charges. 165 journalists are in prison according to P24’s list, which can be viewed here.
 
DİHA reporter released
 
Abdullah Kaya, formerly a reporter with the shuttered pro-Kurdish Dicle News Agency (DİHA) was released from prison on May 11.
 
Kaya was put under arrest on Jan 20, two days after detention, on terror-related charges. He was released pending trial by an Ağrı court during a trial session on 11 May. Thirteen DİHA reporters are currently in prison.
 
Kurdish newspaper’s website blocked
 
On May 14, Turkish telecoms authority BTK blocked access to the Kurdish-language newspaper Rojava Medya’s website. The newspaper is informally the successor of Azadiya Welat, which was shut down under State of Emergency rules introduced after the coup attempt of July 15.
 
Mersin journalist detained in dawn raid
Journalist Serhat Yaruk was taken into custody by police during a dawn raid on his home in Mersin province in Turkey on May 11.
    
Yaruk was detained by Special Operations Police at 4:00 am. He was later taken to Van province. Police have said he was detained in connection with an investigation being conducted in Van, but provided no more detail.
 
 
Sendika.org editor detained while at courthouse to testify
 
An editor for Sendika.Org was briefly taken into custody at Istanbul’s Çağlayan Courthouse, where he was visiting to testify in another investigation against him on May 11.
Çağlar Özbilgin was at Çağlayan to testify to a court in a trial where he was accused of “insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.” However, he was taken into custody on the grounds that there was another investigation into him.
Özbilgin was kept under detention for four hours, and later released after testifying to a prosecutor.
 
Network fined over insulting Atatürk
 
On May 11, the Bakırköy Press Prosecutor’s Office demanded a capture warrant for Hasan Akar and Süleyman Yeşilyurt, over the two men’s comments which allegedly insulted the memory of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk aired by TVnet on the show “Derin Tarih” (Deep History). Yeşilyurt was arrested on May 12.
 
The prosecutor had started an investigation into the two men on charges of “insulting the memory of Atatürk,” and “openly inciting the public to hostility and hatred.”
 
On May 10, Turkey’s television watchdog Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTÜK) announced that it had fined TVnet in the amount of five percent of its monthly income from advertisements due to the same reason.
 
Also on May 10, booksellers Nezih Kitapevi, Remzi, D&R and Migros announced that they would not sell Derin Tarih magazine on the grounds that the magazine also included content insulting to Atatürk’s memory.
 
Journalist found dead in Arbil café
 
Soran Seqizi, a former anchorman for the Kurdsat television network, was found dead at a café in Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital of Arbil, according to a report from RojNews on May 0.
 
Police said they suspect suicide. Abulkadir Talat, a police spokesperson, was quoted as saying that Seqizi might have taken his own life for his debts. The Arbil Police Department has said they have found out about this information from Seqizi’s friends. However, RojNews reported that the circumstances of Seqizi seemed suspicious.
 
 
List of imprisoned journalists in Turkey
 
1          Abdulkadir Turay, DİHA reporter
2          Abdullah Kılıç, Habertürk
3          Abdullah Özyurt, Zaman reporter
4          Abdulvahap İş (Freelance journalist)
5          Abdürrahim Ersöz, Antalya
6          Ahmet Altan
7          Ahmet Memiş, Gazeteci, Haberdar news website
8          Ahmet Metin Sekizkardeş, Zaman journalist
9          Ahmet Şık, Cumhuriyet reporter
10        Ahmet Turan Alkan, Zaman
11        Ahmet Yavaş, TRT (Erzurum)
12        Akın Atalay, Pres. of Cumhuriyet Foundation Executive Board
13        Alaattin Güner, Cihan media director
14        Ali Ahmet Böken, TRT News coordinator
15        Ali Aşikar – Azadiya Welat
16        Ali Babür Boysal, Zaman page designer
17        Ali Bulaç, Eski Zaman columnist
18        Ali Konar, Azadiya Welat bureau chief
19        Ali Ünal, Zaman columnist
20        Ali Yüce, TRT Radio broadcasts chief
21        Arafat Dayan, Demokratik Ulus
22        Aslı Ceren Aslan, Özgür Gelecek
23        Atilla Taş, Meydan columnist
24        Ayhan Demir, Çaldıran News Agency
25        Ayşe Nazlı Ilıcak
26        Ayşenur Parıldak, Zaman, Haberdar
27        Aytekin Gezici, journalist/writer
28        Aziz İstegün, Diyarbakır Zaman representative
29        Bayram Kaya, Zaman reporter
30        Beytullah Özdemir, Zaman Düzce bureau chief
31        Bülent Utku, Cumhuriyet Foundation board member
32        Bünyamin Köseli, Aksiyon magazine reporter
33        Cebrail Parıltı, Anadolu Ajansı (AA) Derik reporter
34        Cemal Azmi Kalyoncu, Journalists and Writers’ Foundation
35        Ceren Taşkın, Hatay'ın Sesi
36        Cihan Acar, Bugün reporter
37        Cuma Kaya, Zaman
38        Cuma Ulus, Millet newspaper’s publications coordinator
39        Deniz Yücel, Die Welt
40        Emin Demir, Freelancer
41        Emre Soncan, Zaman defense reporter
42        Ercan Gün, Fox TV
43        Erdal Süsem, Eylül magazine editor
44        Erdal Şen, former Meydan managing editor
45        Erol Yüksel (TRT News Department vice president))
46        Erol Zavar, Odak magazine, owner and newsroom director
47        Fahrettin Kılıç, Özgür Toplum
48        Faruk Akkan, Cihan news agency
49        Fatma Ölmez (Radyo Ses employees)
50        Ferhat Çiftçi, Azadiya Welat Gaziantep bureau chief
51        Fevzi Yazıcı
52        Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu, Türksolu columnist
53        Gurbet Çakar, Hevi women’s magazine
54        Gültekin Avcı
55        Güray Tekin Öz, columnist
56        Habip Güler, Zaman reporter
57        Hakan Aksel, TRT producer-director
58        Hakan Ergün, Azadiya Welat and Özgür Gündem distributor
59        Hakan Karasinir, columnist
60        Hakan Taşdelen
61        Halil İbrahim Mert, TRT (Erzurum)
62        Hamit Dilbahar, Azadiya Welat columnist
63        Hamza Günerigök, TRT
64        Hanım Büşra Erdal, Zaman reporter and columnist
65        Hasan Duman, Özgürlükçü Demokrasi distributor
66        Haşim Söylemez, Aksiyon columnist
67        Hatice Duman, Atılım newspaper’s owner and managing editor
68        Hayati Yıldız, Azadiya Welat
69        Hidayet Karaca, Samanyolu Media Group President
70        Hülya Karakaya, Özgür Halk Managing Editor
71        Hüseyin Aydın, Cihan reporter
72        Hüseyin Turan, Zaman columnist
73        İbrahim Balta, Zaman business editor
74        İbrahim Kareyeğen, responsible editor for Zaman
75        İdris Sayılgan, DİHA
76        İlker İlkan, Azadiya Welat
77        İnan Kızılkaya, Özgür Gündem Newsroom Editor
78        İsa Siyi, Haberdar
79        İsmail Avcı, Zaman
80        İsmail Efe, local press advisor in İzmir
81        Kadri Gürsel, Editorial Advisor
82        Kamuran Sunbat, DİHA Çukurova reporter (formerly)
83        Kazım Kızıl, Kamera Sokak
84        Kemal Sancılı, Özgür Gündem copyrights holder
85        Kenan Karavil, Radyo Dünya editor-in-chief
86        Lokman Erdoğan, Çorum Manşet, owner
87        Mahir Kanaat, BirGün, head of accounting
88        Mazlum Dolan,DİHA reporter
89        Mehmet Altan
90        Mehmet Baransu, Taraf columnist/reporter
91        Mehmet Dener, Şanlıurfa.com editor-in-chief
92        Mehmet Güleş, DİHA
93        Mehmet Kuru, Zaman Eskişehir reporter
94        Mehmet Özdemir, Zaman columnist
95        Meltem Oktay, DİHA reporter
96        Meşale Tolu, ETHA translator
97        Mikail Barut, Özgür Halk former editor
98        Miktat Algül, Mezitli FM General Publications Coordinator
99        Mizgin Çay – Radyo Karacadağ
100      Muhammet Taşçılar, Şanlıurfa.com editor-in-chief
101      Murat Aksoy,former Yeni Şafak columnist
102      Murat Avcıoğlu, Zaman
103      Murat Dağdeviren (Demokrat Gebze owner)
104      Murat Öztürk, Çorum Manşet editor
105      Murat Sabuncu, Editor-in- Chief
106      Musa Kart, Cartoonist
107      Mustafa Erkan Acar, Bugün news editor,
108      Mustafa Gök, Ankara bureau chief for Ekmek ve Adalet magazine
109      Mustafa Kemal Güngör, Cumhuriyet Foundation board member
110      Mustafa Ünal, Zaman
111      Mutlu Çölgeçen, Millet, newsroom coordinator
112      Mümtazer Türköne, Zaman columnist
113      Nedim Türfent,DİHA
114      Nizamettin İzgi (Batman Newspaper’s owner)
115      Nur Ener, Yeni Asya
116      Nuri Durna, TRT
117      Nuri Yeşil, Azadiya Welat Dersim bureau chief
118      Nurullah Kaya, G.antep Zaman representative
119      Oğuz Güven, Cumhuriyet
120      Oğuz Usluer, Habertürk former broadcasts coordinator
121      Olgun Matur, Antalya local journalist
122      Osman Yakut, Zaman Antalya
123      Ozan Kaplanoğlu, Bursa Muhalif
124      Ömer Çelik, DİHA news manager
125      Ömer Oruç, Cihan newspaper
126      Ömer Özdemir, Antalya eski Zaman muhabiri
127      Önder Çelik, Cumhuriyet Foundation board member
128      Özcan Keser (TRT reporter)
129      Özgür Amed (Ethem Çağır), Özgür Gündem writer
130      Özkan Mayda, Antalya reporter with Zaman
131      Rabia Özkaya, Özgür Halk
132      Ramazan Alkan, Yeni Akit reporter
133      Resul Cengiz, Denizli reporter with Zaman
134      Sadık Demir – Radyo Karacadağ
135      Salih Erbekler – Radyo Karacadağ
136      Sami Tunca, Mücadele Birliği magazine Managing Editor
137      Selman Keleş, DİHA
138      Serhat Şeftali, Zaman regional bureau chief for the Med region
139      Serkan Aydemir, Bitlis Aktüel reporter
140      Seyid Kılıç, TRT News
141      Seyithan Akyüz, Azadiya Welat Adana bureau chief
142      Şahabettin Demir, DİHA reporter
143      Şahin Alpay, Zaman columnist
144      Şeref Yılmaz, Irmak TV
145      Şerife Oruç, DİHA reporter
146      Şirin Çoban, Azadiya Welat
147      Tahsin Kürklü, Zaman – head of Logistics Department
148      Togay Okay, Özgür Gelecek
149      Tunca Öğreten, former Diken editor
150      Tuncer Çetinkaya, Zaman Antalya
151      Turhan Günay, Chief Editor of Cumhuriyet supplement
152      Ufuk Şanlı, former Vatan columnist
153      Ulaş Sezgin, ETHA reporter
154      Ünal Tanık, Rota Haber editor-in-chief
155      Vahit Yazgan, İzmir Zaman bureau chief
156      Vedat Beki, Sözcü 18
157      Vedat Demir, former Yarına Bakış writer
158      Yakup Çetin, Zaman reporter
159      Yakup Şimşek, Zaman, marketing director
160      Yalçın Güler, TRT (Erzurum)
161      Yener Dönmez, Habervaktim news website
162      Yetkin Yıldız, Aktif Haber website editor
163      Yılmaz Kahraman, Özgür Halk editor
164      Zafer Özsoy
165      Ziya Ataman, DİHA reporter