The Cumhuriyet trial - an interview with Can Dündar
Today of all days, on Turkish Press Day the trial against 17 media workers of the Turkish daily newspaper “Cumhuriyet” starts in Istanbul. It was originally a celebration of the day when media censorship was removed in 1908. Now it seems the free press itself is on trial. We met Can Dündar, “Cumhuriyet”’s former editor-in-chief, who is being tried in absentia. The curtains in his office are open for the first time, he says, after the Turkish state TV had sent a camera team to publicise where “the traitor” lives. The clock on the wall is stuck, with the second hand trembling…
