Ahmet Şık

Ahmet Şık
Born	1970 (age 46–47) Adana, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Occupation	Journalist

Ahmet Şık (IPA: [ähme̞t̪ ʃɯk]; born 1970, Adana) is a Turkish investigative journalist, author of several books, and a trade unionist. His book The Imam's Army, investigating the controversial Gülen movement of the Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, led to his detention for a year in 2011–2012 and the book being seized and banned. He remains under indictment in the OdaTV case of the Ergenekon trials; his cause has been taken up by English PEN, an association of writers fighting for freedom of expression. In 2016, the prosecutor in this case requested Şık's acquittal. On 29 December 2016, Şık was taken into custody once again on charges of "propaganda of terrorist organisations", with reference to 11 tweets that he had published. The following day, an Istanbul judge ordered Ahmet arrest. According to lawyers, Şık was denied access to legal advice, held in solitary confinement and not given drinking water for three days.

Şık studied Journalism at Istanbul University. Between 1991 and 2007, Şık worked for several major Turkish newspapers including Cumhuriyet, Radikal, Evrensel, and Yeni Yüzyıl. He also worked at Nokta magazine and Reuters News Agency as a photo journalist. He turned to academic work when he was dismissed for his trade unionist activities. In 1998, he was hospitalized "after a pro-police mob, furious about a murder conviction against several cops in a torture case, attacked the victim’s lawyers, the prosecutor, and journalists. In 2009, he fled the country for a year, fearing officials who had been targets of his reporting."

Ahmet Şık is a member of the Turkish Journalists' Union (Turkish: Türkiye Gazeteciler Sendikası, TGS) and the Association of Contemporary Journalists (Turkish: Çağdaş Gazeteciler Derneği, ÇGD). In dailies, weeklies, and monthlies, he has published on human rights, journalism, and professional ethics.

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