Mehmet Altan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mehmet Altan

Turkish economist and journalist

Date of Birth: 11-Jan-1953

Place of Birth: Ankara, Turkey

Profession: writer, economist, journalist

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Mehmet Hasan Altan (born 11 January 1953) is a Turkish academic economist, journalist, and author of over 25 books.
Describing himself as a "Marxist-liberal", he is the originator of the term "Second Republic", arguing that Turkey needs to reconstitute its republic as a true democracy.
He is a strong supporter of the Accession of Turkey to the European Union. On 10 September 2016, Altan was arrested in the wake of the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt.
He was later indicted on charges of attempting to overthrow the constitutional order and acting on behalf of a terrorist organization.
The Constitutional Court of Turkey ruled on 11 January 2018 that his rights as a journalist had been violated, but his subsequent application for release was rejected by Istanbul Assize Court.
On 16 February 2018 he was sentenced to life in prison.
In response to this, on 20 March 2018, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) made a ruling that determined that his rights under the European Convention on Human Rights had been violated, namely Article, namely Article 5 § 1 (right to liberty and security) and Article 10 (freedom of expression).