The new Turkey Beytullah Demir. Former advertising executive for the shuttered Zaman daily
20-Dec-2018
5 December 2018: Appellate court rules to release former Zaman ad exec An appellate court in Istanbul on 5 December ruled to release Beytullah Demir, a former advertising executive for the shuttered Zaman daily who had been jailed at the Silivri Prison for the past 21 months. The ruling for Demir’s release came after the 16th Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals reversed the 7.5-year prison sentence imposed on Demir and sent his file back to the Regional Court of Justice in Istanbul, an appellate court.

The new Turkey
Beytullah Demir.
Former advertising executive for the shuttered Zaman daily

20-Dec-2018

5 December 2018:

Appellate court rules to release former Zaman ad exec

An appellate court in Istanbul on 5 December ruled to release Beytullah Demir, a former advertising executive for the shuttered Zaman daily who had been jailed at the Silivri Prison for the past 21 months.

The ruling for Demir’s release came after the 16th Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals reversed the 7.5-year prison sentence imposed on Demir and sent his file back to the Regional Court of Justice in Istanbul, an appellate court.