İSTANBUL - The indictment issued against journalists for reporting on the funeral of an intelligence officer killed in Libya demands penalization as per the Article 329/1 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) and Article 27 of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) law.

 

The İstanbul 34th Heavy Penal Court has accepted the indictment filed against eight people, including seven journalists, over the news about the funeral of a National Intelligence Organization (MİT) officer who lost his life in Libya and was laid to rest in Manisa province.

 

As part of the investigation, Odatv news website Editor-in-Chief Barış Pehlivan, Odatv News Director Barış Terkoğlu, reporter Hülya Kılınç, daily Yeni Yaşam Editor-in-Chief Ferhat Çelik, Yeni Yaşam Managing Editor Aydın Keser and daily Yeniçağ columnist Murat Ağırel are arrested pending trial.

 

While a warrant has also been issued against daily BirGün columnist Erk Acarer, who is currently abroad, E.E., a Press Unit member from the Republican People's Party (CHP) Akhisar District Municipality in Manisa, is also put on trial as part of the investigation, but s/he is not arrested.

 

The indictment brought against eight people demands their penalization as per the Article 329/1 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) and the Article 27 of the National Intelligence Law (MİT) Law no. 2937.