the Turkish writer and journalist Asli Erdogan, who lives in exile in Germany, had been spoken in mid-February after a long struggle in Turkey, before the court from the allegations of “Propaganda for an illegal organization”, “membership in a terrorist organization” and “incitement of the people” to be free. Now she is again before the court: your attorney, have you confirmed a message, according to a newly assigned state attorney, the acquittal in the proceedings is in the middle of June, after four months (the legal time limit of two) objected to and the case to a higher court worn.
In an E-Mail that asks Erdogan: “How can there be a new state’s attorney for a closed case? Especially after the time for appeal has expired?“ In addition, the originally with this case bertraute state’s attorney did not object to the acquittal. Even your lawyer you have not contacted first.
four and a half months, the writer of 2016 in the Bakirköy prison in Istanbul was in custody. 29. December, the day the process began, it was dismissed seriously ill, surprisingly, out of the prison. In September 2017 she was allowed to leave Turkey. You went to Germany. The process – and with him, the decision on Erdogan’s and the lives of many others – was deported for more than three years, the accusation has been again and again postponed.
Asli Erdogan turns in these cases, often even to the press. However she points out that it is no longer only to (their) freedom of speech and expression. Turkey had declared that the human rights, the literature and the Conscience of every war. However, everyone had to raise his voice.
