Nurettin Demir

Main opposition CHP report claims journalist was tortured before detention by police

Published by Hurriyet on Mon, 05/01/2017 - 16:55

A report written by a delegation from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has stated Ömer Çelik, an arrested editor of Diyarbakır-based news agency DİHA, had been tortured by police forces in his house before being detained. 

Turkey's main opposition visits daily Cumhuriyet journalists, executives in prison

Published by Hurriyet on Sun, 04/30/2017 - 15:50

A delegation from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on April 28 visited jailed daily Cumhuriyet journalists and executives in Istanbul's Silivri Prison. 

CHP deputy leader Veli Ağbaba, Ankara lawmakers Necati Yılmaz and Şenal Sarıhan and Muğla deputy Nurettin Demir compiled a report with messages from the arrested journalists and executives after their visit. 

Operation against Cumhuriyet indicates 'witch-hunt,' says CHP report

Published by Hurriyet on Mon, 11/14/2016 - 17:22

Launching legal proceedings against daily Cumhuriyet on accusations of support for terrorism is an explicit indication of a witch hunt against dissidents, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has stated, in a report prepared after a party visit to the newspaper's imprisoned journalists. 

Cumhuriyet's arrested CEO rejects claims of publishing policy change

Published by Hurriyet on Mon, 11/14/2016 - 12:52

The arrested CEO of daily Cumhuriyet has denied claims that the embattled newspaper has changed its publishing policy in recent years to ally with the Gülen movement and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). 

Akın Atalay, who was arrested on Nov. 13 on "terror charges," said in his court testimony before arrest that the daily has editorial independence.