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Editor-in-chief of Turkey’s Cumhuriyyet newspaper Ilhan Selcuk dies

Editor-in-chief of Turkey’s Cumhuriyyet newspaper Ilhan Selcuk dies
# 21 June 2010 14:16 (UTC +04:00)
APA reports quoting Turkish media that 85-year-old journalist has died in Istanbul today.

Ilhan Selcuk was born in Izmir in 1925. He graduated from the faculty of law of Istanbul University. He had worked as a lawyer for some time, then worked in various newspapers. He was arrested after the coup in March, 1971 and underwent tortures. 37 years later – on March 21, 2008, he was arrested in connection with the Ergenekon and was released two days later.

Ilhan Selcuk, one of the founders of Turkish Human Rights Organization, was awarded a number of prizes.
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