Baskın Oran
Top court orders state to compensate Agos columnist
Turkey's Constitution Court has ordered the state to pay Baskın Oran, the columnist of Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos, 27,000 Turkish Liras (around $4,400) in spiritual damages due to a lack of an inadequate investigation into the death threats that Oran had received.
Probe launched into Turkish political scientist over 'making terror propaganda'
An investigation has been launched into Turkish political scientist Baskın Oran on charges of "making terror propaganda" in an article titled "Tragicomic experiments on Kurds," daily Cumhuriyet reported on Aug. 25. The lawsuit was reportedly opened upon a complaint from Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu.