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15 years’ imprisonment sought for owner of closed Kurdish daily

January 7, 2019

A court in Diyarbakir on Monday accepted an indictment asking for 15 years in prison for the owner of the now-shut-down Kurdish daily Azadiya...

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Owner of closed Kurdish daily detained in Diyarbakır

March 4, 2017

Ramazan Ölçen, owner of the now-closed-down Kurdish daily Azadiya Welat, was detained in a police raid on his Diyarbakır home on Saturday. No reason was...

Newly released journalist says tortured with molten plastic during detention

October 9, 2016

Police officers reportedly tortured Adnan Kümek, a reporter for the government-targeted Azadiya Welat newspaper, by dripping molten plastic on his legs during the two...