A lawsuit was filed against seven journalists, who shared a news article on the operation conducted in Sur during the curfews and clashes on the social media, with the allegation of ‘targeting those partaking in the fight against terrorism.’
The indictment accepted by Diyarbakır 9th Assize Court claims imprisonment sentences against the defendants for up to three years due to sharing the news published on February 2016, with the title, “The name of the siege is ‘Flag 12’, led by Musa Çitil’” on the social media. The defendant journalists are DIHA News Director Ömer Çelik, DIHA reporters Çağdaş Kaplan, Hamza Gündüz, Selman Çiçek and journalist A.Vahap Taş as well as Özgür Gündem’s Managing Editor İnan Kızılkaya and owner Kemal Sancılı, who shared the news on the official social media account of previously shutdown Özgür Gündem Newspaper. An additional imprisonment sentence for up to five years was claimed against Çiçek with the allegation of ‘making illegal organization propaganda’ with his social media posts.
The indictment included Brigadier General Musa Çitil as complainant. Çitil was the Diyarbakır Gendarmerie Regional Commander at the time the news was published and was later promoted to Gendarmerie Deputy General Commander in July 2016 by the Ministry of the Interior.
14.06.2018
gazatekarinca.com