Ahmet Şık
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Ahmet Şık (IPA: [ahmet ʃɯk]; born 1970, Adana) is a Turkish investigative journalist, the author of several books, a trade unionist, and member of Parliament in Turkey.[1] His book, The Imam's Army, investigating the controversial Gülen movement of the Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, led to his detention for a year in 2011–2012 and the book's being seized and banned. He was under indictment in the OdaTV case of the Ergenekon trials; his cause has been taken up by English PEN, an association of writers fighting for freedom of expression.[2] In 2016, the prosecutor in this case requested Şık's acquittal.[3] On 29 December 2016, Şık was taken into custody once again on charges of "propaganda of terrorist organisations", with reference to 11 tweets that he had published.[4][5] The following day, an Istanbul judge ordered Ahmet's arrest.[6] According to lawyers, Şık was denied access to legal advice, held in solitary confinement, and not given drinking water for three days.[7][8] He ran as an HDP candidate in 2018 Turkish elections and got elected from Istanbul's second electoral district.[9] In 2020, he resigned from HDP, citing political differences and after sitting as an independent for a year, he joined the Workers' Party of Turkey.[10][11]
Ahmet Şık | |
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Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
Assumed office 8 July 2018 | |
Constituency | İstanbul (II) (2018, 2023) |
Personal details | |
Born | 10 May 1970 Adana, Turkey |
Political party | Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP) Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) (2018–2020) |
Occupation | Journalist, politician |