Sedat Ergin

The Ankara bureau chief of CNN Türk, Hande Fırat, has been appointed as the new Ankara bureau chief of daily Hürriyet, replacing Deniz Zeyrek who had been serving as the Ankara representative since late 2013. 

Fırat had been serving as CNN Türk's bureau chief since 2010. 

Ankara's jazz lovers honored prominent figures who have "kept jazz alive," including İlham Gencer, a monument to jazz, and Tuna Ötenel, a legendary maestro, at an award evening on May 24.

Daily Hürriyet Editor-in-Chief Sedat Ergin has been awarded German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle's (DW) Freedom of Speech Award, which honors individuals who "exemplify human rights and free speech."

In his initial response, Ergin said he was "honored to receive the prize that stands for preservation of press freedom worldwide."

This is from an editorial in The Guardian's March 19, 1927 issue, titled "Turkish newspaper editors jailed over cartoon":

Freedom of the press in Turkey has been confined to court corridors in 2016, said Sedat Ergin, the editor-in chief of daily Hürriyet, who appeared before an Istanbul court on March 25 on charges of "insulting" the president.

The Bak?rköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office opened the case after investigating a tweet posted on Hürriyet's Twitter account on Sept. 6, 2015.

Leading tourism players have called for the launch of a widespread promotional campaign to find new markets in a bid to overcome the recent losses at a meeting that was held by daily Hürriyet. 

Should a prosecutor watch a television show into which a case has been opened, including as "evidence" a recording of the show?  

A lawsuit has been opened against Hürriyet Editor-in-Chief Sedat Ergin with a demand that the journalist serve five years in prison for "insulting president" due to a report in the daily.

Another court case has been opened by an Istanbul court against Sedat Ergin, Hürriyet's editor-in-chief, and Ekrem Dumanl?, Zaman's former editor-in-chief, accusing them of insulting the president in two separate stories on their newspapers' websites, while two other journalist, Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, Cumhuriyet's editor-in-chief and Ankara office chief respectively, are to complete their fi

Seven window panels at the Do?an Media Center building in Ankara, which hosts the Ankara offices of daily Hürriyet and Hürriyet Daily News, broke at around 5 p.m. on Dec. 12.

The Ankara Governor's Office said in statement that the incident was not linked to a gun attack according to the inspections, as police officials had also said no ballistic traces were found.