FULL REPORT ON TRIALS IN TURKEY / JOURNALISTS & KCK

No release in OdaTV case / 2 releases in KCK Istanbul

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) launched an international campaign to set free all journalists in Turkey.

16 Nov 2012 – No release in OdaTV case – Soner Yalçin and Yalçin Küçük stay in prison <http://www.bianet.org/bianet/hukuk/142168-tahliye-yok> (next hearing Dec 27), in Bianet (TR)

16 Nov 2012 – KCK trial : journalists Oktay Candemir and Cigdem Aslan have been released <http://www.bianet.org/bianet/hukuk/142169-34-tutukludan-ikisine-tahliye> (pending trial), in Bianet (TR)

16 Nov 2012 – Journalists Stand Up in Solidarity with Turkish Jailed Reporters ahead of ODA TV Trial <http://www.ifj.org/en/articles/journalists-stand-up-in-solidarity-with-turkish-jailed-reporters-ahead-of-oda-tv-trial> , in EFJ’s website

15 Nov 2012 – Le Conseil de Paris parraine Soner Yalçin en soutien à la liberté de la presse en Turquie <http://europe.ifj.org/assets/docs/153/232/4bf4599-1f42be8.pdf> , in EFJ’s website

15 Nov 2012 – Soner Yalçin’a özgürlük istiyoruz <http://www.odatv.com/images/resimler/master_2.jpg> (We want freedom for Soner Yalçin), in OdaTV.com <http://OdaTV.com> and Milliyet

15 Nov 2012- EFJ/IFJ petition to immediately release Soner Yalcin and other arrested journalists (Oda TV case) <http://europe.ifj.org/assets/docs/194/202/a88bfc2-0c24eca.pdf>

14 Nov 2012 – As trial of 44 journalists resumes, court continues to ban use of Kurdish <http://en.rsf.org/turkey-as-trial-of-44-journalists-resumes-13-11-2012,43674.html> , in RSF – RWB

12 Nov 2012 – A Asociación de Periodistas de Santiago de Compostela reclama ao goberno turco a liberación da xornalista Zeynep Kuray e dos outros 34 traballadores de medios que permanecen no cárcere <http://periodistascompostela.org/index.php/2012/11/12/a-asociacion-de-periodistas-de-santiago-de-compostela-reclama-ao-goberno-turco-a-liberacion-da-xornalista-zeynep-kuray-e-dos-outros-34-traballadores-de-medios-que-permanecen-no-carcere/> , in APSC’s website

12 Nov 2012 – Kadri Gürsel : “Thanks, CPJ” <http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/PrintNews.aspx?PageID=383&NID=34434> , in Hurriyet Daily News

09 Nov 2012 – J’interpelle la Commission européenne pour Soner Yalcin <http://patricklehyaric.net/2012/11/08/liberte-de-la-presse-en-turquie-jinterpelle-la-commission-europeenne-pour-soner-yalcin/> , MEP Patrick Le Hyaric’s website

08 Nov 2012 – MEP Patrick le Hyaric (GUE-NGL) to closely follow the OdaTV case of arrested journalist Soner Yalçin <http://www.abhaber.com/ozel-haberler/haber/ozel-haberler/ap-sol-grubu-oda-tv-davasini-takip-edecek-046388> , in AB Haber

08 Nov 2012 – Ministry refutes… and journalists hold protest <
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ministry-refutes-report-on-imprisoned-journalists.aspx?pageID=238&nID=34020&NewsCatID=339> , in Hürriyet Daily News

07 Nov 2012 – NUJ calls on Turkish consulate to demand release of jailed journalists <
http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=2689> , in NUJ’s webiste
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http://www.ifj.org/en/articles/journalists-stand-up-in-solidarity-with-turkish-jailed-reporters-ahead-of-oda-tv-trial>
Upcoming events
24 Nov in Istanbul
: EFJ participates to the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung <http://www.fes-tuerkei.org/pages/deutsch/startseite.php> seminar – “Presse- und Meinungsfreiheit in der Türkei”

27 Nov in Diyarbakir : next hearing in Bedri Adanir case

27 Dec in Istanbul : : next hearing in OdaTV case

28 Dec in Istanbul : next hearing in Devrimci Karargâh case

4 Feb in Istanbul : next hearing in KCK Istanbul case

Mehmet Koksal
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