Translation: Interview with ECPMF's Advocacy Officer on Turkey
This is the translation of the article “Prozess in der Türkei - ‘Es ist kein Kafka-Buch, sondern Realität’” published in the German news service “n-tv”. An interview with ECPMF's Advocacy Officer Nora Wehofsits on the "Cumhuriyet" trial.
Ahmet Sik in the "Cumhuriyet" trial (by Murat Başol)
In Turkey 17 employees of the newspaper “Cumhuriyet” are standing trial being accused of supporting several terror organisations. “This trial is a farce,” says the German trial observer Nora Wehofsits (of ECPMF). “In fact freedom of expression is standing trial”.
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