“On the morning of 24 November 2015, Can Dündar, who had been working on this document, told us he had almost finished his final draft and would send it to us before the end of the weekend. That day he attended a court hearing about his case in Istanbul, where he was accused of ‘divulging state secrets’ and detained solely for carrying out his responsibilities as a professional journalist. Such charges could see him face life imprisonment. As I write this, he is awaiting trial in Silivri prison in Istanbul.
“Bu raporu sunacak olan insan kendi özgürlüğünden mahrum bırakıldı. Bir ses susturuldu, eleştirel bir zihin parmaklıklar ardına kondu, adanmış bir gazeteci mesleğini icra edilmekten men edildi. Türkiye’deki ifade özgürlüğünün durumunu dah aaçık yanmsıtabilecek bir sembol daha olabilir mi?”