Kadri Gürsel

Kadri Gürsel (born 1961) is a Turkish journalist. He became prominent when the Turkish government imprisoned him for his coverage on groups associated with terrorism. On October 31, 2016, while working for the newspaper Cumhuriyet, Kadri Gürsel was taken into custody together with many of his colleagues. The journalists were arrested for alleged ties to terrorist organizations, including the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), and the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ).