Ahmet Şık

Ahmet Şık; graduated from Istanbul University and began his career as a journalist at Milliyet newspaper. Between 1991 and 2007, he worked at several newspapers, including Cumhuriyet, Evrensel and Yeni Yüzy›l, Nokta magazine and Reuters News Agency.

Şık stood trial for interviews he published in Nokta based on Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code and was accused of “violating the confidentiality of the Ergenekon investigation” due to the two books he co-wrote with Ertu€rul Mavioğlu. He was acquitted.

On March 3, 2011, Şık was detained within the scope of the Ergenekon investigation. Together with Nedim Şener, a journalist, he was first sent to Metris, then to Silivri Prison. He was released on 12 March 2012.

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