{"id":578,"date":"2011-07-05T06:29:24","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T06:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnews.harouta.sg-host.com\/2011\/07\/05\/turkey-prosecutors-demand-for-journalists-photos-enrages-associations\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T14:38:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T10:38:48","slug":"turkey-prosecutors-demand-for-journalists-photos-enrages-associations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jff.am\/en\/2011\/07\/05\/turkey-prosecutors-demand-for-journalists-photos-enrages-associations\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey: Prosecutor\u2019s Demand for Journalists\u2019 Photos Enrages Associations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turkish media organizations have decried a prosecutor\u2019s demand that newspapers hand over all images in their possession from the May 31 Hopa incidents or face trial, arguing that journalists are not \u201cstate agents.\u201d<\/p>\n

A journalist\u2019s job is not to share information with the state, the Turkish Journalist Association, or TGC, and the Progressive Journalists Association, or \u00c7GD. No journalist can be forced to provide such information, the \u00c7GD added.<\/p>\n

On May 31, left-wing locals of the Black Sea district of Hopa gathered to protest a campaign rally by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan; during a tear gas barrage by the police, 54-year-old protester Metin Lokumcu suffered a heart attack and died. The death increased the vigor of the protests as locals stoned Erdo\u011fan\u2019s convoy in anger at the fatality.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the Hopa Prosecutor\u2019s Office sent a notice to the press, giving all journalists 10 days to provide any images in their possession depicting incidents from before, during, or after \u2013 especially during Lokumcu\u2019s funeral on June 1 \u2013 Erdo\u011fan\u2019s speech, reports said Friday. The notice also that any journalist failing to surrender images \u2013 either published or unpublished \u2013 could be subjected to criminal prosecution under article 257 of the Turkish Penal Code, or TCK, on the grounds of \u201cmisconduct of duty.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Turkish media organizations have decried a prosecutor\u2019s demand that newspapers hand over all images in their possession from the May 31 Hopa incidents or face trial, arguing that journalists are not \u201cstate agents.\u201d<\/p>\n

A journalist\u2019s job is not to share information with the state, the Turkish Journalist Association, or TGC, and the Progressive Journalists Association, or \u00c7GD. No journalist can be forced to provide such information, the \u00c7GD added.<\/p>\n

On May 31, left-wing locals of the Black Sea district of Hopa gathered to protest a campaign rally by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan; during a tear gas barrage by the police, 54-year-old protester Metin Lokumcu suffered a heart attack and died. The death increased the vigor of the protests as locals stoned Erdo\u011fan\u2019s convoy in anger at the fatality.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the Hopa Prosecutor\u2019s Office sent a notice to the press, giving all journalists 10 days to provide any images in their possession depicting incidents from before, during, or after \u2013 especially during Lokumcu\u2019s funeral on June 1 \u2013 Erdo\u011fan\u2019s speech, reports said Friday. The notice also that any journalist failing to surrender images \u2013 either published or unpublished \u2013 could be subjected to criminal prosecution under article 257 of the Turkish Penal Code, or TCK, on the grounds of \u201cmisconduct of duty.\u201d<\/p>\n

The demand has precipitated an angry response from journalists\u2019 unions and received criticism from academics.<\/p>\n

Journalists are not security forces who are required to refer incidents to public officers, the \u00c7GD said in its press release.<\/p>\n

The request is yet another example of the hatred and prejudice exhibited by Erdo\u011fan and the government toward the press, the \u00c7GD\u2019s Ahmet Abakay told the Daily News.<\/p>\n

The prosecutor\u2019s office can request the documents, but a journalist is not obliged to provide them, according to lawyer Fikret \u0130lkiz.<\/p>\n

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The \u00c7GD has recommended to the prosecutor that it use the security forces instead of journalists if it is interested in pursuing alleged lawbreakers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source: Hurriyet Daily News.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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