{"id":109762,"date":"2011-06-29T13:25:58","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T08:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=109762"},"modified":"2011-06-29T13:25:58","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T08:25:58","slug":"jailed-journalists-in-turkey-to-publish-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2011\/06\/29\/jailed-journalists-in-turkey-to-publish-newspaper.html","title":{"rendered":"Jailed Journalists in Turkey to Publish Newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Journalists apprehended under the country\u2019s anti-terror laws are planning to publish a newspaper called the \u201cArrested Journal\u201d with contributions from other Turkish intellectuals, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/n.php?n=arrested-journalists-to-publish-newspaper-2011-06-28\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">reports the H\u00fcrriyet Daily News<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper\u2019s first issue will reach newsstands on Jul. 28, the anniversary of the repeal of censure over the press in 1908.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf an inch of progress is to be made in Turkey regarding the freedom of thought and expression, then anti-terror laws have to be entirely abolished. Since when has thought become a terrorist activity?\u201d Necati Abay, the spokesperson for the Solidarity with Imprisoned Journalists Platform, or TGDP, recently told the H\u00fcrriyet\u00a0 in a telephone interview.<\/p>\n<p>Some 60 journalists are currently in prison on anti-terror charges in Turkey, according to Abay, who said Turkey had managed to outscore China in this regard.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of publishing the newspaper was first advanced by the owner of Aram Publishing House, Bedri Adan\u0131r, who was arrested on anti-terror charges and jailed in Diyarbak\u0131r Prison, the TGDP spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>The paper\u2019s first issue will only feature the writings of arrested journalists, while future issues will also include the writings of other intellectuals from outside prisons, Abay said.<\/p>\n<p>The journal will be distributed as a supplement to other dailies, eliminating the need for other distribution channels, said the spokesperson.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalists apprehended under the country\u2019s anti-terror laws are planning to publish a newspaper called the \u201cArrested Journal\u201d&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tstyn_error":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[28986,28984,11399,28987,10222,28985],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}