The “Karşı newspaper trial,” where 12 defendants, including the former publisher of the shuttered daily, Turan Ababey, and the newspaper’s former employees, including its one-time editor in chief Eren Erdem, stand accused of various criminal charges on account of their work at the newspaper, got under way on 31 October in Istanbul.
The indictment for the merged case file seeks up to 15 years of imprisonment for Alaaddin Akkaşoğlu, the owner of the newspaper’s website, karşıgazete.com, and a partner of the shuttered Akis Publications for “knowingly and willingly aiding an armed terrorist organization without being its member.” The prosecution had also asked for the separation of the files of Allattin Akkaşoğlu.
The hearings have continued on 7-8-9-10-11 January 2019.