Turkey - As Oda TV trial drags on, one journalist freed, four others begin 16th month in detention

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is outraged that only one of the five Oda TV journalists still in detention, reporter Müyesser Ugur, was released during the 12th hearing in their trial in Istanbul on 18 June and that the other four – Oda TV owner Soner Yalçin, managing editor Baris Pehlivan, news director Baris Terkoglu and reporter Yalçin Küçük – are now beginning their 16th month in detention. “What happened at the 12th hearing is really disturbing,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Although we welcome (...)

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