The reasoned decisions were announced regarding the imprisonment sentences issued against Cumhuriyet newspaper writers and executives due to ‘aiding an illegal organization.’ Istanbul 27th Assize Court based the conviction on the defendants’ activities of journalism.
The court expressed that some headlines, columns and news articles published on the issues of the newspaper were included in the case file as crime evidence and based the conviction on the changes in the newspaper’s publishing policy, which it described as “dramatic.” On the other hand, the court claimed that this change is not criticized, the change is referred solely due to indicate connections with aiding illegal organizations. The court also tweezed the news in question by evaluating them out of context, just as it was in the indictment and the Prosecutor opinion on the case; indicating that these news established criteria for the final evaluation towards the conviction of aiding an illegal organization.
13.06.2018
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