Murderers have more rights than a jailed journalist

We have so much pain to endure. Imprisoned journalist Kadri Gürsel, whose indictment has not even been written yet, has been in jail for the past three months. How much longer he will stay in prison is still unknown. His 9-year-old son, Erdem, only saw his father once over these three months. 

Erdem Gürsel, an adorable kid, is a lot mature than his age. He has grown up even more during this time.

But he has difficulties understanding certain things. For instance, he learned that murderers and rapists have visitation rights, while, he cannot see his father. He cannot comprehend why murderers have more rights than his father. 

He regularly asks his mother: "Mom, why do murderers have a right to meet their visitors but my father doesn't?" 
 
"I don't know how to reply to him. It was one of the most desperate moments of my life," Kadri's wife Nazire Gürsel said. 

I asked Gürsel what she thought about her husband's arrest. She said he was taken as a result of an operation against the daily Cumhuriyet and he somehow was also in the bag. "The entire event is far from the concept of logic. We are innocent and suffering," she said. 

According to his wife, Kadri does his job well - he is an unyielding person and an intellectual. Unfortunately these concepts are not desirable these days in our country. He is not affiliated with any political views, ethnicity or group. It is as if, his wife believes, it could have protected him more if he did have certain connections.  

Married for 22 years, Nazire Gürsel said her husband defied characters of the Turkish male stereotype. "He is a perfect gentleman, not only outside, but also at home, in every moment of our private lives. For instance, he does not expect any service...