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  • Editor-in-chief of Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper Ilhan Selcuk dies

    Editor-in-chief of Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper Ilhan Selcuk dies

    Baku – APA. A famous Turkish journalist, owner and editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet newspaper Ilhan Selcuk has died.

    APA reports quoting Turkish media that 85-year-old journalist has died in Istanbul today.

    Ilhan Selcuk was born in Izmir in 1925. He graduated from the faculty of law of Istanbul University. He had worked as a lawyer for some time, then worked in various newspapers. He was arrested after the coup in March, 1971 […]. 37 years later – on March 21, 2008, he was arrested in connection with the Ergenekon and was released two days later.

    Ilhan Selcuk, one of the founders of Turkish Human Rights Organization, was awarded a number of prizes.

    APA