Barış Pehlivan
Barış Pehlivan (IPA: [baɾɯʃ pehlivan]; born July 10, 1983) is a Turkish journalist and writer investigating mainly about Turkish contemporary history and politics.
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| Born | July 10, 1983 |
| Education | B.A. in Journalism, Istanbul University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
In February 2011, he was arrested and kept in detention at Istanbul’s Silivri Prison[1] in connection with his work at odatv, accused of links to the Ergenekon organization.[2] In September 2012, he was released pending trial following an judicial report confirming that the evidence collected against the journalist have probably been digitally forged and sent using a trojan horse to infect his computer.[3] The case against Pehlivan and his colleagues continues.
Journalistic career
In 2004, Barış Pehlivan worked as a reporter at Kaçak Yayın Dergisi, an art magazine owned by the Leman Group. He worked as a project assistant, director’s assistant, and publisher respectively in the documentary programs named ‘Paranın Seyir Defteri’, ‘Şair Ceketli Çocuk: Kazım Koyuncu’, and ‘Nohut Oda Bakla Sofa’. He contributed to the program 5N1K with the stories ‘Land Sales to Foreigners’ and ‘Assassination of Shah Massoud’. Since 2007, Pehlivan is working as the executive editor for the online news website called OdaTV.com founded by the investigative journalist Soner Yalçın.
Barış Pehlivan produced the political documentary Oradaydım between the years 2005 and 2010. The series explain the stories of more than 250 events related to recent Turkish history. In an episode published on February 24, 2007, the documentary focused on the events of the 12th of September 1980 in a Diyarbakır prison. Pehlivan was put on trial as a producer and was accused of fomenting public discord. In 2008, he was acquitted.[4]
Pehlivan co-authored the book Sızıntı: Wikileaks’te Ünlü Türkler (The Leak: The Popular Turks of Wikileaks) with colleague Barış Terkoğlu. The journalists analyzed the cryptos of the US State Departement which were exposed by WikiLeaks in November 2010.
On February 14, 2011, the Turkish police took Pehlivan into custody following the search of his house and OdaTV office, and accused of being part of the Ergenekon organization - one a substantial number of journalists accused in relation to odatv. He was not brought before a judge and formally charged until more than nine months after his arrest, on November 22, 2011.[2] In September 2012, he was released pending trial following an judicial report confirming that the evidence collected against the journalist have probably been digitally forged and sent using a trojan horse to infect his computer.[3] Subsequent analysis of Barış Pehlivan’s OdaTV computer by digital forensics company Arsenal Consulting revealed local attacks, which required physical access, were responsible for delivery of the incriminating documents. After the release of three journalists, Baris Pehlivan and two other colleagues (Murat Agirel and Hülya Kilinç) are kept in pre-trial detention until September 9[5].
Bibliography
- Sızıntı: Wikileaks’te Ünlü Türkler (2012), co-authored with Barış Terkoğlu, ISBN 978-605-534-018-6.
References
- Söylemez, Ayça (2012-01-01). "Cezaevinden gazete hazırladılar". CNN Türk (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
- Kenyon, Peter (2012-01-26). "For Turkish Journalists, Arrest Is A Real Danger". npr. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
- "Barış Pehlivan ve Barış Terkoğlu Tahliye Oldu". Bianet (in Turkish). 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- "Oradaydım Belgeseline Dava Açıldı". Odatv (in Turkish). 2008-07-05. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
- News, A. B. C. "Journalists accused of revealing secrets on trial in Turkey". ABC News. Retrieved 2020-06-25.