Statement - Turkey: Cumhuriyet convictions a further blow to the rule of law
Turkey: Cumhuriyet convictions a further blow to the rule of law
Press freedom and the rule of law in Turkey suffered yet another blow yesterday. In a detrimental ruling, an appeals court in Istanbul upheld the guilty verdicts and sentencing of independent newspaper, Cumhuriyet’s journalists and staff members.
Defence Lawyers in Cumhuriyet trial, April 2018 @ Murat Başol
The defendants who were charged with “assisting a terrorist organisation whilst not being a member” and “propaganda of a terrorist organisation” on 26 April 2018 were handed prison sentences of between two years and six months, and eight years and 1 month. According to…