Bianet 20 June 2016

TİHV President Fincancı, RSF Turkey Representative and bianet rapporteur Önderoğlu and journalist author Nesin have been arrested on charge of "terror propaganda" for joining Özgür Gündem daily's Editor-in-Chief on Watch campaign

(Originally published by Bianet )

Turkey Human Rights Foundation (TİHV) President Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Turkey Representative and bianet rapporteur, Erol Önderoğlu and journalist author Ahmet Nesin have been arrested in the hearing held today (June 20) over "terror propaganda".

Önderoğlu, Korur Fincancı and Nesin were referred to judicatory for arrest by Terror and Organized Crime Proosecutor, Eşref Durmuş on charge of “propagandizing for terror organization” for taking part within the scope of Editor-in-Chief on Watch campaign at Özgür Gündem daily.

Those who participated as Editor in Chief on Watch

44 persons have supported the campaign of Editors in Chief on Watch launched on May 3. The names of the participators are as follows:

Hasan Cemal, Şeyhmus Diken, Hasan Hayri Şanlı, Cengiz Baysoy, Dicle Anter, Faruk Balıkçı, Kemal Can, Jülide Kural, Ahmet Nesin, Deniz Türkali, Necmiye Alpay, Çilem Küçükkeleş, Saruhan Oluç, Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, Ahmet Abakay, Hasip Kaplan, İhsan Eliaçık, Yıldırım Türker, Murat Çelikkan, Ayşe Batumlu, Nadire Mater, Aydın Engin, Tuğrul Eryılmaz, İhsan Çaralan, Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Işın Eliçin, Uğur Karataş, Mehmet Güç, Beyza Üstün, Celalettin Can, Sebahat Tuncel, Erol Önderoğlu, Nurcan Baysal, Eşber Yağmurdereli, Ragıp Duran, Melda Onur, Celal Başlangıç, Mustafa Sönmez, Ayşe Düzkan, Uğur Güç, Faruk Eren, Kumru Başer, Nevin Erdemir and Hakkı Boltan.

Those into whom investigation has been launched

Taking the last investigation into account, the Editors in Chief on Watch into whom investigation has been launched are as follows:

Faruk Eren, Ertuğrul Mavioğlu, Ayşe Düzkan, Erol Önderoğlu, Celalettin Can, Mustafa Sönmez, Melda Onur, Fehim Işık, Celal Başlangıç, Eşber Yağmurdereli, Ragıp Duran, Nurcan Baysal, Ömer Ağın, Ahmet Abakay,İhsan Çaralan, Işın Eliçin, Murat Çelikkan, Uğur Karataş, Öncü Akgül,Ayşe Batumlu, Sebahat Tuncel, Saruhan Oluç, Nadire Mater, Beyza Üstün, Mehmet Güç, Tuğrul Eryılmaz, Faruk Balıkçı, Şeyhmus Diken,Necmiye Alpay, Jülide Kural, Yıldırım Türker, Ahmet Nesin, Kemal Can,Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Hasip Kaplan, Nevin Erdemir, Hakkı Boltan.

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