İsmail Saymaz

İsmail Saymaz (born 11 July 1980, in Rize^[1]) is a Turkish investigative journalist for the newspaper Radikal (since May 2002).^[1] He has published articles and books on the Turkish deep state and Ergenekon, including a 2011 book on links between the 2007 Zirve Publishing House massacre and the 2006 killing of Andrea Santoro,^[2][3] and another 2011 book on former police chief Hanefi Avcı.^[4] He has won a number of awards for his work.

Saymaz is one of a number of journalists charged in relation to reporting on the Ergenekon trials for "violating the secrecy of an investigation". In late 2010 he was involved in 12 legal cases carrying a total prison term of 97 years,^[5] beginning with five stories printed in early 2010, each with a potential sentence of nine years.^[6]

Books

• Postmodern Cihat ("Postmodern Jihad"), Kalkedon Yayıncılık, 2010.^[5]
• Nefret - Malatya: Bir Milli Mutabakat Cinayeti ("Hate - Malatya: A Murder of National Consensus"), Kalkedon Yayıncılık, 2011.
• Hanefi Yoldaş: Gizli Örgüt Nasıl Çökertilir?, Kalkedon Yayıncılık, 2011.
• Oğlumu Öldürdünüz Arz Ederim - 12 Eylül'ün Beş Öyküsü: İnciraltı Katliamı, Cemil Kırbayır, Cengiz Aksakal, Nurettin Yedigöl, Maraş'ta Dört Yürek, Postacı Yayınevi, 2012
• Sıfır Tolerans: Polisin Eline Düşünce, İletişim Yayınevi, 2012.

Awards

• Metin Göktepe Gazetecilik Ödülü (Metin Göktepe Journalism Award) (2010)
• Freedom of Press Award of the Turkish Journalists' Association (2010)^[7]
• Ayşe Zarakolu Freedom of Thought prize (2011)^[8]
• Turkish Publishers Association's Freedom of Thought and Expression Prize (2012)^[9]

References

External links

• Blog at Radikal