Yeni Yaşam newspaper issue to be confiscated over the headline ‘The Kurds’ dream is to meet Öcalan’

The Turkish judiciary ruled to confiscate the issue of Yeni Yaşam newspaper published on 13 October with the headline ‘The Kurds’ dream is to meet Öcalan’.

The decision was taken by Istanbul 9th Criminal Judicature of Peace on the allegation of ‘making propaganda for an illegal organisation through the press’.

Istanbul 1st Criminal Judicature of Peace had also issued a confiscation order for the issue of the newspaper dated 7 October 2024. Writer Fırat Can’s article ‘World War 3, chaos in the Middle East and the way out’ was presented as a justification for this decision.