New investigation against journalist Ahmet Sýk

New investigation against journalist Ahmet Sýk

Special Authority Public Chief Prosecutor Muammer Akkaþ opened a new investigation against journalist Ahmet Sýk for the statements the reporter made leaving Silivri prison on 12 March.

According to the Sabah daily, Prosecutor Akkaþ opened the investigation about Þýk under allegations of "threatening and identifying judges and prosecutors as targets to terror organizations". The prosecutor's office requested the Istanbul Police Directorate supply video records of the statements Þýk gave to the press when he left the prison.

Ahmet Þýk, is a defendant in the Oda TV trial. He was released pending trial after 375 days behind bars on 12 March together with journalists Nedim Þener, Çoþkun Musluk and Sait Çakýr.

When he left prison he said to the press: "Incomplete justice is not going to bring justice and democracy. About one hundred journalists are still in prison, just related to my trial there are five detainees. The issue of freedom of expression is not only a problem of journalists. There are approximately 600 students. We are going to continue the struggle. The police officers, prosecutors and judges who plotted and carried out this complot will go to prison. Justice will come when they enter this prison".