Committee to Protect Journalists
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01Overview
Quick Facts
Countrycountry.Turkey
Age / Sexmale
OccupationJournalist
Arrested in—
Held at—
CategoryJournalism
StatusDetained
Sentence—
Case Summary
Halil İbrahim Balta is a journalist with Zaman,Yarına Bakış in Turkey. Imprisoned as of July 25, 2016; charges: Anti-state.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01Organization: Zaman,Yarına Bakış
- 02Role: Journalist
- 03Event start: July 25, 2016
- 04[CPJ] https://cpj.org/data/people/halil-ibrahim-balta/
Native-Language SummaryRU • Original
Halil İbrahim Balta is a journalist with Zaman,Yarına Bakış in Turkey. Imprisoned as of July 25, 2016; charges: Anti-state.
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Anti-state
03Analysis
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorSocial Media Monitoring
Technology usedTwitter
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
July 25, 2016
05Sources
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Halil İbrahim Balta (PPW case cmp4cwid). Retrieved June 1, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmp4cwids001ncaqvolrjgtpc. Original data from Committee to Protect Journalists (https://cpj.org/data/people/halil-ibrahim-balta/).
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