The lawsuit filed against 11 media workers, four of them arrested, including Zaman Newspaper writers due to “coup attempt” and “FETÖ membership” was concluded. Zaman was previously shut down with an emergency decree.
Istanbul 13th Assize Court sentenced Şahin Alpay, Ali Bulaç and Ahmet Turan Alkan to 8 years and nine months each, İbrahim Karayeğen to 9 years, Mümtazer Türköne and Mustafa Ünal to 10 years and six months of imprisonment each due to ‘illegal organization membership.’ The court issued the acquittals of İhsan Dağı, Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu, Mehmet Özdemir, Nuriye Akman and Orhan Kemal Cengiz and released Alkan and Karayeğen. Türköne and Ünal will remain arrested.
09.06.2018
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