ISTANBUL - The hearing of the case brought against Özgür Gündem newspaper's Co-Chief-Editor Hüseyin Aykol, Managing Editor Reyhan Çapan, and its authors was held.

 

Hearing of the case brought against Hüseyin Aykol, Reyhan Çapan, writers Hasan Başak and Kemal Aykut, who alleged "insulting the president" and "propagandizing for a terrorist organization" due to the news titled "The palace is got crazy" published in the newspaper Özgür Gündem, which was closed with the Statutory Decree on September 8, 2015, was held at the Istanbul 13th High-Criminal Court.

 

At the hearing, which journalists did not attend, lawyer Özcan Kılıç was present.

 

The court board decided to wait for the execution of the arrest warrants issued for Hasan Başak and Kemal Yakut and postponed the hearing to November 3.