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The journalist Canan Coşkun is in Turkey at two years old and
three months in prison. The Istanbul court ruled that the journalist of had criticized the government
Journal Cumhuriyet "targeting persons in charge of the fight against terrorism". This is reported by Cumhuriyet .
Coşkun remains first released, because the judgment is not final yet. She told the dpa
that his lawyer has appealed. The context is an article of the journalist, in which she reports an investigation against lawyers who
Suspected links with the banned leftist extremist DHKP-C. The prosecution argued, according to Cumhuriyet that the file contained sensitive content that was not intended for the public.
Journalist has been charged several times
The journalist writes, among other things, about the judicial proceedings for her
Employer. She has been several times for her cover
accused and sentenced to several fines. Nevertheless Coşkun wants
continue to do their work. "As a journalist, it's my job
give a voice to all
who are deleted and no one else will hear, "she said.
in March of Süddeutsche Zeitung . It does not allow fear to determine one's life.
The Cumhuriyet is considered one of the latest critical press reviews in Turkey. As the staff of other newspaper media editors since the coup attempt in Turkey in 2016 repeatedly charged and
sentenced . In October, the police arrested editor Murat Sabuncu and the editor
Akın Atalay in April 2017, imposed a court on
Silivri several years of imprisonment against her. Also the
The investigative journalist Ahmet Şık was imprisoned for seven and a half years. Against Can Dündar, chronicler of the ZEIT, exiled by the former editor of Cumhuriyet is currently filing a complaint for espionage.
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