They and dozens of other journalists, intellectuals and human rights defenders have been taking turns to act symbolically as the newspaper’s editor for a day.

Erol Önderoglu is being prosecuted on the basis of three articles published by Özgür Gündem on May 18, 2016 about power struggles within the various Turkish security forces and about the ongoing operations against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels in southeastern Anatolia.

Erol Önderoglu has fought tirelessly to defend persecuted journalists for the past 20 years. He is a leader in this field because of his honesty and integrity, which are recognized all over the world.

Handcuffed and jailed after a closed hearing, Erol Önderoglu is today the victim of the persecutions he always denounced. It’s now our turn to fight for him.

Reporters Without Borders has called on the Turkish authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Erol Önderoglu, Ahmet Nesin and Sebnem Korur Fincanci and calls for all charges brought against them and 34 other participants in the solidarity campaign with Özgür Gündem to immediately be dropped.