Can Dündar

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Can Dündar (2017)

Can Dündar (born June 16, 1961 in Ankara ) is a Turkish journalist, documentary filmmaker and book author. The columnist and former editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet newspaper, who also works as a television presenter, was charged with espionage and arrested in 2015. On May 6, 2016, Dündar was found guilty of disclosing state secrets. He was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison. Dündar appealed on a point of law. The highest Turkish appeal court overturned the judgment on March 9, 2018 as too mild, because he had to be charged with espionage.

On December 22, 2020, he was sentenced in absentia to 18 years and 9 months imprisonment for espionage and an additional 8 years and 9 months for terrorist support. He was acquitted of the charge of having made secret information public. The court ordered Dündar's arrest. Dündar has lived and worked in Germany since 2016. As editor-in-chief, he heads the web radio ÖZGÜRÜZ ( Eng . "We are free"), which is operated by the non-profit research center Correctiv . Because he is considered a fugitive by Turkey, his property was confiscated.

Life

Can Dündar was born in 1961 as the son of an employee of the Turkish secret service Millî İstihbarat Teşkilâtı (MIT). He studied journalism at Mülkiye , the Faculty of Political Science at Ankara University , and graduated in 1982. He studied at the London School of Journalism until 1986 and received his master's degree in 1988. In 1996 he received his Ph.D. in Political Science at the Technical University of the Middle East (ODTÜ).

Dündar also wrote for the newspapers Hürriyet , Nokta , Haftaya Bakış , Söz , Tempo , Sabah and Milliyet . He produced programs for the state-run TRT , CNN Türk and NTV . His more than 20 books deal with the state founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk , Ismet Inönü , Nâzım Hikmet and Vehbi Koç , among others .

In 2015 he took over the editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet . After his indictment by the Turkish judiciary, temporary imprisonment and an unsuccessful assassination attempt on him, Dündar left Turkey for Germany in July 2016 (see following section) .

Since the beginning of August 2016, Dündar has been writing a regular political column in the weekly newspaper Die Zeit in Turkish, which is also translated into German. He announced his resignation as editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet ; he would continue the Cumhuriyet column. Due to the state of emergency imposed after the failed coup attempt , “lawlessness” prevails in Turkey. Turkey, which was the only country with a Muslim majority who once wanted to be a modern European country, is now an Islamic dictatorship.

He is editor-in-chief of the bilingual journalistic platform Özgürüz , which has been online since January 24, 2017. “Özgürüz” translates as “We are free”. The platform, which Dündar initially edited for a few months together with the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hayko Bağdat , contains texts in German and Turkish and works with the non-profit research center Correctiv . The Özgürüz website was blocked in Turkey by the Information Technology Authority (BTK) shortly after it went online. Instead, a notice appeared on the website in which the authority relied on a law that regulates access to websites that it classified as dangerous.

Federal President Joachim Gauck held a meeting with Dündar on November 7, 2016 in his official residence. The Federal President's conversation with Dündar, which lasted more than an hour, took place in the presence of the managing director of the NGO Reporters Without Borders .

At the New Year's reception of the Federal Ministry of Justice, headed by Heiko Maas , Dündar gave the speech on January 25, 2017. The Turkish Foreign Ministry called in the German ambassador to express its "discomfort".

In his 2016 book in German: Lifelong for the truth. He wrote notes from prison :

“Our“ big heads ”want us to be“ local and national ”. Anyone who brings up the pressure they exert abroad is given the stamp of "denouncer" by them. That means something like: «Let us beat you and please be silent about it! Repressions are only for the good of the fatherland. " [...] People are not connected to one another by their countries, but by their principles: freedom, democracy, human rights, secularism , justice. "

Dündar is married to Dilek Dündar, the couple has one son. His wife was unable to visit him for a long time because the Turkish government revoked her passport.

Indictment, arrest and provisional release

Main article: Cumhuriyet trial

Dündar and Cumhuriyet reported on May 29, 2015 under the headline “İşte Erdoğan'ın yok dediği silahlar” (“Here are the weapons Erdoğan denies”) about ammunition that the Turkish secret service MIT said in 2014 by truck delivered to Islamist militias in Syria.

Immediately thereafter, President Erdoğan personally filed a criminal complaint against Dündar on suspicion of espionage and called for life imprisonment. Erdoğan spoke of insult and defamation against the secret service and publicly threatened that Dündar would pay a high price for his report. But it was only after the AKP regained an absolute majority in parliament on November 1, 2015 that Dündar's proceedings began. On November 26, 2015, Dündar was arrested together with the head of the capital city office, Erdem Gül , on suspicion of espionage and membership in a terrorist organization . With the reports of arms deliveries by the MIT secret service to Syrian extremists, state secrets were also spread.

The arrests of Gül and Dündar met with widespread international criticism, the European Commission spoke of a "worrying situation". US Secretary of State John Kerry said he was very concerned. US Vice President Joe Biden met with Dündar's family on a visit to Turkey. The Russian Deputy Defense Minister underlined that Dündar and Gül were arrested for exposing Erdogan's lie.

The journalists also experienced solidarity from civil society in Turkey and around the world. From December 2nd, Dündar's friend Mete Akyol started the one-man campaign “Guard of Hope” on a wooden chair in front of the prison gate of the Silivri penal institution , which received immediate support. The next day Nükhet Ipekçi, daughter of the shot journalist Abdi İpekçi , and Doğan Satmış arrived. Also Deniz Yücel expressed in this way from its solidarity with Dündar. The press council took over the organization. A Cumhuriyet editorial meeting was held in front of the prison on December 15th.

On February 25, 2016, the Turkish Constitutional Court declared that Dündar and Gül were not in legal custody; the two were then released on February 26, 2016, after three months of pre-trial detention. Erdoğan criticized the decision of the constitutional court with the words: “I say it openly and clearly: I do not accept that and I do not submit to the decision. I don't respect them either. "

The Cumhuriyet trial began on March 25, 2016. On April 25, Dündar was fined approximately 29,000 Turkish lira (9,000 euros) for “ insulting the President ”. The court found it proven that Dündar had insulted Erdoğan, his son Bilal Erdoğan and several ministers in his columns. Dündar's lawyer Utku denied the allegations and announced an appeal. In the incriminated article, Dündar addressed the ACP corruption scandal from 2013 . At that time, several ministers of the AKP government, their sons and Bilal Erdoğan were suspected of being involved in corruption cases; three ministers had resigned. While Dündar was waiting for the verdict to be pronounced on May 6, 2016, a gun attack was carried out on him. Dündar's wife and his lawyer were able to overpower the assassin, Dündar was not injured. The court lifted the travel ban against Dündar and Gül. Dündar appealed to the Court of Cassation . At the beginning of July 2016, he left Turkey for Germany. The assassin was released from custody in October.

After the attempted coup in Turkey in 2016 , Dündar announced on August 15, 2016 that he would not face the Turkish judiciary for the time being after being sentenced to almost six years in prison. However, he does not want to apply for political asylum , but rather back to Turkey.

The state news agency Anadolu reported in late September 2017 the prosecutor Diyarbakir have requested Dündar by a red notice on Interpol to be looking for. The goal is Dündar's extradition to Turkey. The basis of the investigation is a speech by Dündar at a conference in Diyarbakır in April 2016, at which he allegedly presented the methods of the banned Kurdish Workers' Party PKK as legitimate.

At the beginning of Erdogan's controversial state visit at the end of September 2018, Turkey demanded that Germany extradite Dündar and 68 other people.

plant

Documentaries

  • Demirkırat (1991)
  • 12 Mart ("March 12"; 1994)
  • Cumhuriyetin Kraliçeleri ("Queens of the Republic", 1992)
  • Sarı Zeybek ("The blonde hero", 1993), Gölgedekiler ("Die im Schatten", 1994–1995)
  • Yükselen Bir Deniz ("A Rising Sea", 1998)
  • İsmet Paşa (1999)
  • Devlet Tiyatroları ("Government Theater ", 1999)
  • Köy Enstitüleri (" Village Institutes ", 2000)
  • Halef ("The Successor", 2003)
  • Nazım Hikmet (2002)
  • Bir Yaşam İksiri ("A Life Potion ", 2003)
  • Yüzyılın Aşkları ("Lovers of the Century", 2004)
  • Karaoğlan ("Black Boy", 2004)
  • Garip: Neşet Ertaş Belgeseli ("Foreign: The Neşet Ertaş Documentary", 2005)
  • Mustafa (2008)
  • Delikanlım İyi Bak Yıldızlara (2012)

Fonts

  • Hayata ve Siyasete Dair ("About Life and Politics")
  • Yağmurdan Sonra ("After the Rain")
  • Ergenekon . The first book about the Ergenekon .
  • Yarim Haziran ("My love, June")
  • Benim Gençliğim ("My Youth")
  • Köy Enstitüleri ("Village Institutes")
  • Yaveri Ataturk'ü Anlatıyor ("The assistant explains Ataturk ")
  • Nereye? ("Where")
  • Uzaklar ("distant places")
  • Yükselen Deniz ("Rising Sea")
  • Savaşta Ne Yaptın Baba? ("What did you do in the war, father?")
  • Büyülü Fener ("Magic Lantern")
  • Bir Yaşam İksiri ("A Life Potion ")
  • Mustafa Kemal Aramızda ("Mustafa Kemal is among us")
  • Yıldızlar ("Stars")
  • Demirkırat (as co-author)
  • Gölgedekiler ("Those in the Shadow")
  • İlk Türk Hititologu: Sedat Alp ("First Turkish Hittitologist: Sedat Alp ")
  • Kırmızı Bisiklet ("Red Bicycle")
  • Nazım
  • Karaoğlan ("Black Boy")
  • Vehbi Koç
  • İsmet Paşa
  • Yüzyılın Aşkları ("Lovers of the Century")
  • Yakamdaki Yüzler ("Faces on my jacket")
  • Ben Böyle Veda Etmeliyim ("I should say goodbye like this").
  • Tutuklandık ("Arrested", March 1, 2016, ISBN 978-9750732140 , 320 pages)
  • Vatan Haini ("Vaterlandsverräter", 2017, ISBN 978-3-9817400-6-6 , 159 pages)

In German

  • Lifelong for the truth. Records from prison . From the Turkish by Sabine Adatepe, Hoffmann & Campe, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-455-50424-8 .
  • Traitor: From Istanbul to Berlin. Records in German exile . Translated from Turkish by Sabine Adatepe, Hoffmann & Campe, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-455-00188-4 .

Awards

See also

Web links

Commons : Can Dündar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Turkish court overturns Can Dündar. In: FAZ.net . March 9, 2018, accessed December 25, 2010.
  2. ^ For espionage in Turkey: Journalist Dündar sentenced to more than 27 years in prison. In: faz.net. December 23, 2020, accessed December 23, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Kemal Hür: Radio "Özgürüz" - broadcast from Berlin for Turkey. In: Deutschlandradio Kultur. March 20, 2019, accessed November 12, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Özgürüz - the exile radio of the Erdogan critic. In: Bayerischer Rundfunk. June 2, 2019, accessed November 12, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Article "Cumhuriyet" on eurotopics.net. Retrieved September 7, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Can Dündar: My Turkey. Turkish Foreign Policy: Farewell to America . In: Die Zeit, August 6, 2016
  7. ↑ Can Dündar resigns , FAZ, August 15, 2016
  8. ↑ Can Dündar resigns as editor-in-chief , zeit.de, August 15, 2016
  9. ^ FAZ, October 20, 2016 (comment by Jürgen Kaube )
  10. ↑ Home. ozguruz.org, January 24, 2017, accessed January 24, 2017 .
  11. ↑ We are free - Correctiv brings German-Turkish medium Özgürüz online. heise online, January 24, 2017, accessed on January 24, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Online medium "Özgürüz": You fear Dündar . FAZ.net, January 27, 2017.
  13. ↑ online
  14. ^ Theresa Martus: Turkey. Can Dündar visits Federal President Gauck . The West online, November 7, 2016.
  15. ↑ New Years Reception. Erdogan critic Dündar gives a speech at the Ministry of Justice . FAZ, January 14, 2017.
  16. ↑ Ceremonial address in the Ministry of Justice. Turkey angry about Dündar's invitation . Tagesschau.de, January 26, 2017.
  17. ↑ Hamburg 2016, p. 193.
  18. ^ Maximilian Popp: Turkish journalist Dilek Dündar: Erdogans Geisel . In: Spiegel Online . September 25, 2018 ( spiegel.de [accessed September 25, 2018]).
  19. ↑ Can Dündar: Lifelong for the Truth: Records from Prison. Hoffmann & Campe , Hamburg 2016, p. 22
  20. ↑ İşte Erdoğan'ın yok dediği silahlar ( Memento from May 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Cumhuriyet report of May 29, 2015 (Turkish).
  21. ^ Die Zeit, May 7, 2016
  22. ↑ a b Critical editor-in-chief faces life imprisonment. In: Der Spiegel , June 3, 2015.
  23. ↑ Karen Krüger: The state takes the right to lie. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , FAZ, January 29, 2016
  24. ^ Turkey arrests two leading journalists. FAZ, November 27, 2015
  25. ↑ Can Dündar: A lifetime for the truth. Records from prison . Hamburg 2016, p. 157
  26. ^ Protocols from Can Dündar. FAZ, September 10, 2016
  27. ↑ Can Dündar: A lifetime for the truth. Records from prison . Hamburg 2016, p. 157
  28. ↑ Doris Akrap : He can find friends there . In: Taz, 3./4. March 2017
  29. ↑ See Lifelong for the Truth. Records from prison .
  30. ^ Protocols from Can Dündar. FAZ, September 10, 2016
  31. ↑ Turkey: Journalists critical of the government released from custody , Der Spiegel, February 26, 2016
  32. ↑ Several years imprisonment for journalists Can Dündar. NZZ , May 6, 2016
  33. ↑ For insulting Erdogan: A first judgment against the "Cumhuriyet" editor-in-chief Can Dündar. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. April 25, 2016. Retrieved April 26, 2016 .
  34. ^ Shots at Turkish journalists in front of the courthouse. In: The world . May 6, 2016 ..
  35. ↑ Several years imprisonment for journalists Can Dündar. NZZ, May 6, 2016.
  36. ↑ Jürgen Gottschlich : Can Dürdar gives up. In: taz of August 16, 2016, p. 19.
  37. ↑ Kerstin Krupp: Cumhüriyet editor-in-chief Can Dündar: "And Angela Merkel said nothing". In: Berliner Zeitung . August 12, 2016, accessed December 25, 2020 (interview).
  38. ^ Interpol manhunt in Germany. The Turkish judiciary wants Can Dündar to be extradited. In: tagesspiegel.de. September 29, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2017 .
  39. ↑ https://www.zeit.de/politik/2018-09/staatsbesuch-recep-tayyip-erdogan-menschenrechte-angela-merkel
  40. ↑ Metin Göktepe ödülleri sahiplerine verildi , Evrensel, April 10, 2016.
  41. ↑ Lighthouse 2016 for Can Dündar. In: network research. June 27, 2016, accessed July 8, 2016 .
  42. ↑ Weg der Klarheit , FAZ, September 26, 2016, p. 11
  43. ↑ Media Foundation of the Sparkasse Leipzig "Prize for the Freedom and Future of the Media: Prize Winners 2016" Media Foundation of the Sparkasse Leipzig. (No longer available online.) In: www.leipziger-medienstiftung.de. Archived from the original on November 9, 2016 ; Retrieved November 9, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.leipziger-medienstiftung.de
  44. ↑ Report by the PEN Center Germany on the award ceremony , accessed on November 18, 2016.
  45. ↑ Gustav Heinemann Prize: SPD honors Erdoğan critic Can Dündar , article by the SPD party organ Vorwärts , accessed on September 3, 2017.
  46. ↑ Spiegel Online: Can Dündar is "European Journalist of the Year" . Article dated October 20, 2017, accessed October 21, 2017.
  47. ^ Deutsche Welle online: Lew Kopelew Prize awarded to Can Dündar and Lew Gudkow . Article dated November 26, 2017, accessed November 26, 2017.
  48. ↑ Frankfurter Rundschau: Kassel: Can Dündar receives “Whistleblower Prize” . In: Frankfurter Rundschau . ( fr.de [accessed on December 2, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Dündar, Can
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish investigative journalist, documentary producer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Ankara