Güney Marmara’da Yaşam
December 19, 2009, in Bandirma, Turkey
Hayırsevener, 53, founder and editor of the daily
Güney
Marmara’da Yaşam, was shot three times in the leg while walking to his
office in the town of
Bandirma, northeast of
Istanbul, at about 3
p.m., according to news reports and CPJ interviews. He died later that day at the
Uludağ University
Hospital in
Bursa.
Umit
Babacan, an editor at
Güney Marmara’da Yaşam, told CPJ that Hayırsevener had received recent, anonymous death threats in connection with his journalism. Hayırsevener had reported on corruption charges involving the owners of
İlkhaber, another major daily in
Bandirma, the
Hurriyet Daily News reported. Three principals in
İlkhaber had been imprisoned on charges
of accepting cash payouts from a former mayor, the paper said. In late
December, police said they had identified three suspects, news reports said.
Hayırsevener
Medium: Print
Job: Editor, Publisher / Owner
Beats Covered: Corruption
Gender: Male
Local or Foreign: Local
Freelance: No
Type of Death: Murder
Suspected Source of Fire: Criminal Group
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: Yes
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