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Aytekin Gezici.
Journalist/Writer

24-Jan-2019 11:13

Aytekin Gezici, a local journalist/writer, was ordered arrested on July 25, 2016 as part of the ongoing investigation into the failed July 15, 2016 coup attempt. Gezici is being held in the Adana-Kürkçüler E-type prison.*

20 February 2018:

4 journalists receive sentences of up to 9 years in prison

An Adana court has handed down prison sentences varying from seven years, six months to nine years to four journalists on charges of membership in the Gülen movement, accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt in July 2016, the Hürriyet daily reported.

During the fourth hearing of the trial at the Adana 4th High Criminal Court, journalists Mustafa Naim Yalçınel, Aytekin Gezici and Yüksel Evsen were sentenced to nine years each, while Abdullah Özyurt received a sentence of seven years, six months.

Adana-based journalists Gezici and Özyurt were arrested on July 25, 2016 as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement.

13 July 2017:
...............................But in Adana, Aytekin Gezici and Abdullah Özyurt, two journalists who are part of a group of 13 people accused of membership of the Gülen Movement, are still in prison. The trials continue in both cases, with the possibility of long prison sentences.

1 September 2016
....................Adana-based journalists Aytekin Gezici and Abdullah Özyurt were arrested on July 25 as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding a failed coup attempt in July.

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