Yeni Yaşam Newspaper’s Editor-In-Chief Çağdaş Kaplan was sentenced to 6 years and three months of imprisonment in the case filed against him with the allegation of ‘illegal organization membership’ following an investigation started in Sakarya in 2010. Sakarya 2nd Assize Court issued a travel ban against the journalist during his appeal. 18 other defendants on trial together with Kaplan were also sentenced to 6 years and three months of imprisonment each due to ‘illegal organization membership.’
Kaplan had covered the news on the operations against Kurdish students studying at Sakarya University in 2010, while studying at that university and reporting for Dicle News Agency (DIHA). Kaplan had then been taken into custody and a lawsuit was filed against Kaplan and the students, who were taken into custody together with Kaplan, due to ‘illegal organization membership.’ DIHA was also shut down with an emergency decree.
01.06.2018
gazetekarinca.com