GOKCE FIRAT RELEASED FROM PRISON TO BE TRIED WITH 6 YEARS 8 MONTHS OF SENTENCE
Gokce Firat, Head-Columnist of Turkish and Leader of National Party, was arrested on with the accusation of “Insulting the President”. After 18 days spent in prison, Gokce Firat is released. Two former bills of exception presented by Firat’s lawyers for his release were rejected by the Court, but as soon as the bill of indictment was made ready by the Prosecutor and presented to the Court, a relea...se order was announced.
Gokce Firat is now free, released out of prison, but the charges he faces for “Insulting the President” are like the sword of Damocles hanging over his head: The Prosecutor requests a prison sentence totaling up to 6 years and 8 months! The longest term of prisonment requested for “Insulting the President”. (Ekrem Aydiner is the famous Prosecutor who closed the famous investigation of Corruption Scandal of December 17th, 2013)
The lawlessness of Gokce Firat’s arrest were detailed in two of our former posts. But, we have to add that according to the results of Elections of June 7th, an era of Tyranny, dictatorship and fascism has ended. The collapse of Erdogan Regime has begun and the release of Gokce Firat is surely one the key indications of a new era…
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For more information regarding the arrest of Gokce Firat please refer to our former posts:
“Press Release for the Arrest of Gokce Firat”: https://www.facebook.com/TurkishLeft/posts/361209180756485:0
“Prison Administration Censors Arrested Journalist Gokce Firat”: https://www.facebook.com/TurkishLeft/posts/362528343957902:0
For more information please e-mail to: iletisim@turksolu.com.tr or call: (+90) 212-292-6526
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Additional sources:
Articles in Turkish media (in English):
Today’s Zaman: “Journalist Firat faces up to 6 years, 8 months in prison for ‘insulting’ Erdogan” http://www.todayszaman.com/national_journalist-firat-faces-…
Bugun News: “Journalist Firat faces 7 years in prison for ‘insulting’ Turkey’s Erdogan” http://national.bgnnews.com/journalist-firat-faces-7-y…/7006
Today’s Zaman: “National Party leader detained for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan” http://www.todayszaman.com/anasayfa_national-party-leader-d…
Bugun News: “Journalist Gökçe Fırat arrested for ‘insulting’ Turkish President Erdoğan” http://national.bgnnews.com/journalist-gokce-firat-arr…/6398
The tweet of PEN-America about the arrest of Gokce: Firat:https://twitter.com/PENamerican/status/605781011889135616
The report of ICNC (The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict) about the arrest Gokce Firat: https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/index.…/news-digest-6215
The report of Media Freedom (The Joint Index of Censorship, European Federation of Journalists and Reporters Without Borders to map the state of media freedom in Europe) about the arrest Gokce Firat: http://mediafreedom.ushahidi.com/reports/view/909
