Turkey - Court convicts provincial newspaper publisher's murderers

Reporters without borders

Read in Turkish / Türkçe Reporters Without Borders hails yesterday's conviction of those responsible for the murder of Cihan Hayirsevener, the publisher of Güney Marmara'da Yasam, a local newspaper based in the northwestern city of Bandirma Hayirsevener was gunned down in Bandirma on 18 December 2009 while investigating corruption involving the municipal government and members of an influential local family, the Kuruoglus. At the end of a five-hour hearing yesterday that Reporters Without (...)

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