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 release 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-up-to-6-years-8-months-in-prison-for-insulting-erdogan_390043.html
Bugun News: “Journalist
Firat faces 7 years in prison for ‘insulting’ Turkey’s Erdogan”
http://national.bgnnews.com/journalist-firat-faces-7-years-in-prison-for-insulting-turkeys-erdogan-haberi/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
