Ocak Isik Yutcu, the first editor-in-chief of the now defunct “Ozgur Gundem” was sentenced on 28 December 1994 to 25 years in prison for separatist articles published in the pro-Kurdish daily in 1991. He was arrested and sent to jail when the appeals court upheld the first sentence for him in a series of more […]
Ocak Isik Yutcu, the first editor-in-chief of the now defunct
“Ozgur Gundem” was sentenced on 28 December 1994 to 25 years in
prison for separatist articles published in the pro-Kurdish daily
in 1991. He was arrested and sent to jail when the appeals court
upheld the first sentence for him in a series of more to come.
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Mr Murat Karayalcin
Deputy Prime Minister
Basbakanlik
06573 Ankara, Turkey
Telex: 44061/44062/44063 bbmt tr; 42099 basb tr; 42875 bbk tr
Fax: +90 312 417 04 76 DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
Mr Nahit Mentese
Minister of the Interior
Iisleri Bakanligi
06644 Ankara, TurkeyMinister Azimet Koyluoglu
(State Minister with responsibility for human rights)
Office of the Prime Minister
Basbakanlik
06573 Ankara, Turkey
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