Özgür Gündem
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Özgür Gündem (Turkish for "Free Agenda") was an Istanbul-based daily Turkish language newspaper, mainly read by Kurds. Launched in May 1992, the newspaper was known for its extensive reporting on the Kurdish-Turkish conflict, and was regularly accused of making propaganda for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Its editors and staff have frequently been arrested and prosecuted, which resulted in multiple publication bans. Since April 1994, the publication continued under different names until Özgür Gündem was relaunched in 2011.
Type | Daily |
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Founder(s) | Ragip Duran |
Editor-in-chief | Ocak Isik Yurtçu, Gurbetelli Ersöz, Zana Kaya |
Founded | 1992 |
Political alignment | Left-wing |
Language | Turkish |
Ceased publication | 1994 2016 |
Relaunched | 2011 |
Circulation | up to 60'000 |
Sister newspapers | Özgür Ülke, Yeni Politika, Özgürlükçü Demokrasi |
A month after the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, the newspaper was "temporarily" shut down following a court order, and some twenty journalists and editors were taken into custody, including novelist and Özgür Gündem columnist Aslı Erdoğan, editor in-chief Zana Kaya, and newsroom editor İnan Kızılkaya, facing charges of "membership of a terrorist organisation" and "undermining national unity."[1] The closed newspaper was quickly succeeded by the digital newspaper Özgürlükçü Demokrasi ("Libertarian Democracy") (which features a daily column, "Aslı's Friends"), but its website is blocked in Turkey.[2]