Journalist detained in Gezi Park protest investigation - Turkish Minute

Turkey crackdown: EFJ calls on authorities to release journalist Ismail Saymaz

At a time when the Turkish authorities have unleashed a new wave of repression, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and its Turkish affiliates TGS, GCD and DİSK Basın-İş are demanding the immediate release of journalist Ismail Seymaz, who has been detained early Wednesday morning as part of an investigation led by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office into the Gezi Park protests. On Wednesday, Turkish police have arrested the ma…

Detained İsmail Saymaz: Since no crime is charged against me, they want to throw me into the Gezi Park case!

Journalist İsmail Saymaz responded to the statement made by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding his detention.

Journalist detained in Gezi Park protest investigation - Turkish Minute

Journalist İsmail Saymaz was detained early Wednesday morning as part of an investigation led by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office into the 2013 Gezi Park protests, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported. Saymaz, a columnist for Halk TV, was accused of “aiding an attempt to overthrow the Turkish government,” with the prosecutor claiming he played an active role in the protests, spread misleading information on social media, and at…

Authorities detain veteran journalist in Gezi Park protest investigation - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Journalist Ismail Saymaz was detained early Wednesday morning as part of an investigation led by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office into the 2013 Gezi Park protests, Turkish media reported. Saymaz, a columnist for Halk TV, was accused of “aiding an attempt to overthrow the Turkish government,” with the prosecutor claiming he played an active role in the protests, spread misleading information on social media, and attempted to incite t…

Journalist İsmail Saymaz, who was detained during the Gezi Park investigation on the grounds of his social media posts 13 years ago, described the investigation launched against him as follows.