Nokta

The editor-in-chief of a now shut-down weekly magazine, who was sentenced to over 22 years in jail on May 22 for "inciting an armed uprising against the Turkish government," was arrested on May 24 in the northwestern province of Edirne while attempting to flee to neighboring Greece, a security source has said.

Yet another journalist has been detained in Turkey for social media postings and is being interrogated by counter-terrorism police in Istanbul.

Nokta Magazine author Perihan Ma?den faces up to four years in prison for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an in statements on a police raid on the magazine in late 2015 that was published in Turkish news portal Diken.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled for Turkey to be fined over a police raid on the office building of Nokta magazine upon a military court ruling in 2007, stating that the raid constituted a violation of human rights.

Two editors of weekly news magazine Nokta were charged on Nov. 25 with "inciting an armed uprising against the Turkish government," with the Istanbul Prosecutor's Office demanding up to 20 years in prison for each of them.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has slammed the editors of Turkish magazine Nokta, which was raided by police over its latest issue showing a photomontage of Erdo?an taking a selfie in front of a killed soldier?s coffin, as ?dishonorable and despicable.?

Speaking in a TV interview late on Sept. 16, Erdo?an said ?the law should give the answer? to Nokta.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has slammed the editors of Turkish magazine Nokta, which was raided by police over its latest issue showing a photomontage of Erdo?an taking a selfie in front of a killed soldier?s coffin, as ?dishonorable and despicable.?

Speaking in a TV interview late on Sept. 16, Erdo?an said ?the law should give the answer? to Nokta.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Head Devlet Bahçeli and Republican People?s Party (CHP) Deputy Head Bülent Tezcan have both condemned the investigation launched into the Do?an Media Group over news reports accused of ?making terrorism propaganda.?

Weekly magazine Nokta ("Point" in Turkish) is one of Turkey's oldest political magazines. It had published earth-shattering stories about the military's torture chambers in the 1980s and about the corruption of politicians in the 1990s. In early 2000s it published the "coup diaries" of a top general, only to be closed for eight years subsequently.

The chief news editor of weekly magazine Nokta, which was raided by police due to the cover of its latest issue, was released on probation on Sept. 15.