Freedom4JournalistinTurkey
Channel: Erdi Erge
Date: 2012-01-05

Turkish journalists in jail since March 2011 were taken to court on January 05, 2012 waiting for a release decision but were dissapointed by three judges of a Istanbul court. 11 journalists are charged with being a member of terrorist organization however their articles and books were presented as evidence. Baseless claims and proved computer viruses were put as proofs in an indictment that all journalists mocked about. Ahmet SIK and Nedim SENER, two acclaimed investigative journalists are among the 11. There are 100 journalists in prisons in Turkey.