Turkey frees journalist Altan after European rights court ruling:
A Turkish court on Wednesday (14 April) released journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan after more ...
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Ahmet Altan freed after human rights rulingA Turkish court released the journalist on 14 April after more than four years in prison over allegations linked to the failed 2016 coup.
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- On 13 April, the European Court of Human Rights demanded Altan’s immediate release, awarded him €16,000 in damages and found that Turkey had violated his rights.
- On 14 April, Turkey’s Court of Cassation overturned his conviction in the 2019 case for knowingly supporting a terrorist organisation.
- An earlier life sentence for attempting to overthrow the government was first quashed, after which the case was reviewed and a 10-year-and-six-month sentence was imposed.
- Altan was arrested during the purges that followed the coup attempt and accused of supporting the uprising through subliminal messages, allegations he consistently denied.
I don’t know how I got out. I was sitting in prison and all of a sudden I was told this evening that I would be released.— Altan told AFP in front of his home in Istanbul after his release.
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