''Günlük'' (''Daily'') was a Turkish newspaper known for its writing about Kurdish issues. It was published from 2009 to 2011. It was closed for a period of two months in 2009 under court order because of material deemed "terrorist propaganda" under Turkey's Press Law. One case related to an article by

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, "Linguistic Rights in the Linguistic Systems of the Developed World: State, Market and Communication Technologies", which included a passing mention of the PKK. The monthly periodical ''Vesta'' had published the same article in 2003 without sanction.

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, 28 August 2009
"Günlük" newspaper banned over alleged "terrorist propaganda"
/ref> The newspaper and its journalists were often engaged in legal disputes with the Turkish authorities. The journalists faced terror related charges for an interview with

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, at the time the chairman of the Kurdistan Union of Communities (KCK), but in November 2010 where found not quilty. The paper's executive editors were

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and

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were both prosecuted; charges against the former were dropped, while the latter was acquitted. In 2013 the ECHR awarded damages for the suspensions, judging a violation of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights. ECHR, 29/04/2013
Güdenoğlu and Others v. Turkey
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