Cumhuriyet

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said there is no press freedom in Turkey, referring to the ongoing cases against 17 journalists and executives of the daily Cumhuriyet. 

The trial of seventeen executives and journalists from the daily Cumhuriyet, including the newspaper's editor-in-chief Murat Sabuncu, Ahmet Şık Kadri Gürsel and cartoonist Musa Kart, went on to its second day on July 25.

Eleven of the 17, including Gürsel, Sabuncu, Kart and Şık, are held in custody, while the others have already been freed.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on July 23 that Turkey's Constitutional Court should release the jailed CHP Istanbul lawmaker Enis Berberoğlu based on a February ruling that paved the way for the release of the two Cumhuriyet journalists, Can Dündar and Erdem Gül.

The start of the trial against journalists and board members of the daily newspaper Cumhuriyet highlights the urgent need to protect journalism and improve media freedom in Turkey, Harlem Désir, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media stated.

Seventeen executives and journalists from daily Cumhuriyet, including the newspaper's editor-in-chief Murat Sabuncu, Ahmet Şık, Kadri Gürsel and cartoonist Musa Kart, went for the first time on trial on July 24 with terror-related accusations in the 27th Heavy Penal Court in Istanbul.

Seventeen executives and journalists from daily Cumhuriyet, including Ahmet Şık, Kadri Gürsel and Musa Kart, went on trial July 24 with terror-related offences in the 27th Heavy Penal Court in Istanbul.

Two of the suspects are on the run, while 11 of them are imprisoned and the other six free but still charged.  

Seventeen executives and journalists from daily Cumhuriyet, including Ahmet Şık, Kadri Gürsel and Musa Kart, went on trial July 24 with terror-related offences in the 27th Heavy Penal Court in Istanbul.

Two of the suspects are on the run, while 11 of them are imprisoned and the other six free but still charged.  

July 24 used to be celebrated by Turkish journalists as the anniversary of the abolishment of official press censorship in Turkey.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has responded in a 70-page report to the parliament's coup inquiry commission's accusations that the party and the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) were in some form of agreement, daily Cumhuriyet reported on July 20. 

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said the 25-day "justice march," which was completed with a massive rally on Istanbul's Asian side on July 9, marks a "new beginning" for the country.