The imprisonment sentences issued against six newspaper executives and workers, who were convicted within the Cumhuriyet Daily Case, were finalised by a Court of Cassation decree. Four of those sentenced will be imprisoned again for the execution of their sentences.
Defendants with finalised sentences of imprisonment against them include comic artist Musa Kart, journalists Kadri Gürsel, Güray Öz, Mustafa Kemal Güngör, Emre İper, Önder Çelik, Bülent Utku and Hakan Kara with imprisonment sentences for up to five years. When the periods Gürsel and Utku served in prison are considered, they will not be imprisoned again.
Appeal evaluations of the sentences against Hikmet Çetinkaya, Orhan Erinç, Akın Atalay, Murat Sabuncu, Aydın Engin, Ahmet Kemal Aydoğdu and Ahmet Şık is currently ongoing at the Court of Cassation, after the names were sentenced to heavy imprisonment for more than five years.
19.02.2019
bianet.org