Atalay

The Mufti of Cyprus, Dr. Talip Atalay, has been detained in Diyarbakir as part of investigations into suspected ties with the Fethullah Gülen movement.

An Istanbul court on April 18 accepted the indictment into daily Cumhuriyet columnists and executives that was completed earlier this month, nearly five months after the investigation was launched, with the prosecutor seeking jail sentences for all 19 suspects, 12 of whom are in prison.

The indictment into daily Cumhuriyet columnists and executives was completed on April 4, nearly five months after the investigation was launched, with the prosecutor seeking jail sentences for all 19 suspects.
 
The former editor-in-chief of the daily, Can Dündar, was named as the prime suspect in the indictment prepared by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. 

A court in Istanbul ordered on March 9 two times aggravated life-term sentences for Atalay Filiz, a Turkish "serial killer" who became widely known after committing a series of murders, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Filiz, 30, accused of murdering three people, including a Russian national, was sentenced on charges of "committing deliberate murder."

Istanbul prosecutors on Dec. 20 have demanded heavy life sentences and an additional 10 years of prison term for Atalay Filiz, a Turkish serial killer who became widely known after committing a series of murders. 

Police detained Cumhuriyet Foundation Executive Board President Akın Atalay on Nov. 11 at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport after he landed from Germany, as a part of the investigation into columnists and executives at Turkish daily Cumhuriyet.

Police detained Cumhuriyet Foundation Executive Board President Akın Atalay on Nov. 11 at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport after he landed from Germany, as a part of the investigation into columnists and executives at Turkish daily Cumhuriyet.

The Council of Europe will give a press freedom award to Turkish daily Cumhuriyet journalists and the newspaper itself, as a part of the program of the fifth World Forum for Democracy, scheduled to be held between Nov. 7 and 9. 

Turkey's defense and aerospace industry will shift from its current foreign computer operating system to an existing Linux-based national software in light of security needs and license costs, according to the head of the state defense firm which has undertaken the project.

The editor-in-chief of the daily Cumhuriyet, Can Dündar, was fined 28,650 Turkish Liras for "insulting" then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, his son Bilal Erdo?an and seven others, a court ruled on April 25.