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26 November 2019: BirGün daily’s executives İbrahim Aydın, Barış İnce, Can Uğur and Bülent Yılmaz appeared before the 32nd High Criminal Court of Istanbul on 26 November 2019 for the first hearing of their trial on the charge of “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member.” The four are accused over news coverage of posts by the Twitter account “Fuat Avni” featured in the online edition of the newspaper between 2014 and 2015. Delivering their defense statements during the hearing, Aydın, İnce, Uğur and Yılmaz rejected the accusation leveled against them. In its interim ruling announced at the end of the hearing, the court panel ruled to adjourn the trial until 5 March 2020 to allow time for the prosecution to draft their final opinion and for the preparation of the final defense statements. A report about the hearing, monitored by P24, can be accessed here. 21 November 2019: Journalists Canan Coşkun, Can Uğur and Ali Açar will stand trial over 2016 news reports published in March 2016 in Cumhuriyet daily and the online edition of BirGün newspaper about the police officer who allegedly shot Berkin Elvan. All three are charged with “making those involved in the fight against terrorism a target” in the indictment, dated 21 November 2019. The indictment claims that the news reports revealed the identity of the police officer. The trial will be overseen by the 34th High Criminal Court of Istanbul. The first hearing is set for 9 April 2020. 30 August 2019: Four journalists from BirGün daily — İbrahim Aydın, Barış İnce, Can Uğur and Bülent Yılmaz — are charged with “aiding a terrorist organization without being its member” in a new indictment. The accusation stems from the journalists’ reporting about posts from before the year 2016 by the Twitter account that used the pseudonym “Fuat Avni.” The 16-page indictment was recently accepted by the 32nd High Criminal Court of Istanbul, which will be overseeing the case. The indictment claims that the newspaper’s reporting about “Fuat Avni” helped “Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ/PDY)” in their attempts to manipulate public opinion.
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