Hadi Saliho

Turkish prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz was commemorated on the first anniversary of his death at Istanbul's Ça?layan Courthouse, where he was shot dead after being taken hostage by members of the outlawed far-left group the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C). 

An Istanbul High Criminal Court acquitted a journalist Oct. 6 in a case about a tweet that criticized a prosecutor involved in the country's biggest corruption probe on Dec. 17, 2014.

Sedef Kaba? was acquitted of "menace" and "targeting public officials involved in counter-terrorism" charges at the first hearing.

Reporter Canan Co?kun faces 23 years in prison for coverage of a story about top judicial officials allegedly buying discounted residences from a public real estate company.

Co?kun, who works for daily Cumhuriyet, will appear in court on Nov. 12 facing 23 years and four months in prison on charges of "insulting public officials over their duties."

A Turkish journalist and anchorwoman has been acquitted of charges of "resisting an officer" and "defamation" after an investigation into her tweets criticizing one of the country's corruption probe judges. 

A Turkish court has ordered the release of 75 policemen and a media manager who were accused of belonging to ?the parallel state? of the government?s ally-turned-foe Fethullah Gülen, a U.S. based cleric, but a judge reversed the decision late April 25 as a chief prosecutor also intervened.

A Turkish court has ordered the release of 75 policemen and a media manager who were accused of belonging to ?the parallel state? of the government?s ally-turned-foe Fethullah Gülen, a U.S. based cleric, but a judge reversed the decision late April 25 as a chief prosecutor also intervened.

Istanbul?s chief public prosecutor denied April 4 media reports that cited a medical examination showing that 10 bullets hit Turkish prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz during a hostage situation on March 31 in which both he and his two captors died.
         

An autopsy report has alleged that Turkish prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz was shot with a gun belonging to militants during a police operation at Ça?layan Courthouse on March 31, the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor?s Office said April 2.

Turkish police have discovered the wiretapped recordings of 101 high-profile persons, including the president and the prime minister, on two hard disks located in the Istanbul anti-terror department, as 29 police officers have been detained as part of a similar operation on Feb. 8.