{{Short description|Turkish news portal}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = OdaTV | logo = | image = OdaTV logo 2023.svg | caption = Logo | type = Online News Portal | format = | owners = | founder = [[Soner Yalçın]] and [[Cüneyt Özdemir]] | publisher = [[Soner Yalçın]] | editor = | chief_editor = Serdar Cebe (2021–)<ref name="2021 Chief Editor">{{cite news|author=|title=Aşı kaosunun perde arkası... Akrabalık bağı nedeniyle herhal de Türkiye'ye aşı gelemiyor|url=https://odatv4.com/akrabalik-bagi-nedeniyle-turkiyeye-asi-gelemiyor-29042145.html|agency=|publisher=[[Hürriyet]]|date=|accessdate=29 April 2021|language=Tr|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210429162640/https://odatv4.com/akrabalik-bagi-nedeniyle-turkiyeye-asi-gelemiyor-29042145.html|archivedate=29 April 2021|quote=|url-status=live}}</ref> | news_editor = Barış Terkoğlu | founded = 2007 | political_position = [[Kemalism]] | language = Turkish | headquarters = [[Kadıköy]], Istanbul | circulation = | website = {{URL|www.odatv4.com/}} }}
'''OdaTV''' ''(also known as Odatv.com, Odatv or oda<sup>TV</sup>),'' an online news portal based in [[Turkey]], was founded in 2007. It is one of the most followed news portals in Turkey and according to the Alexa statistics, it is the 119th most visited website in the country ([[Turkey]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/odatv.com|title=Odatv.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa|website=www.alexa.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-13|archive-date=2018-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314042452/https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/odatv.com|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The portal was founded by [[Soner Yalçın]] and [[Cüneyt Özdemir]]. Özdemir soon left after a difference of opinion.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.radikal.com.tr/yazarlar/cuneyt-ozdemir/soner-yalcin-ve-odatv-com-baskini-1040015/|title=Soner Yalçın ve odatv.com baskını - CÜNEYT ÖZDEMİR|work=Radikal|access-date=2018-03-13|language=tr}}</ref> OdaTV was described in 2012 by the [[Committee to Protect Journalists]] as a portal which is "harshly critical of the government".<ref>CPJ, 20 September 2012, [https://www.cpj.org/blog/2012/09/bewildering-odatv-trial-continues-in-istanbul.php Bewildering Odatv trial continues in Istanbul]</ref> In the early 2011, [[Odatv case]] was initiated as part of the [[Ergenekon trials]], with OdaTV accused of being the "media arm" of the [[Ergenekon (organization)|Ergenekon]] organization. Twelve of its journalists were under indictment in connection with the case, which [[Reporters without Borders]] has called "absurd".<ref>RSF, 6 January 2012, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120111025631/http://en.rsf.org/turkey-judicial-system-presses-on-with-06-01-2012,41639.html Judicial system presses on with absurd trial of Oda TV journalists]</ref> The court acquitted all journalists in April 2017 after the prosecutors failed to provide enough evidence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ifj.org/nc/news-single-view/backpid/1/article/turkey-court-acquits-12-journalists-in-odatv-case-after-six-year-trial/|title=Turkey: Court acquits 12 journalists in OdaTV case after six-year trial|website=www.ifj.org|access-date=2018-03-13}}</ref>
On 2019, OdaTV writer [[Nihat Genç]] left the newspaper to found his own newspaper [[Veryansın TV]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aydınlık |date=2019-08-31 |title=Nihat Genç ayrılık sürecini yazdı: OdaTV ruhen satıldı |url=https://www.aydinlik.com.tr/haber/nihat-genc-ayrilik-surecini-yazdi-odatv-ruhen-satildi-133110 |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=[[Aydınlık]] |language=tr-TR}}</ref>
==Ergenekon trials== {{main|Ergenekon trials#Case 7: OdaTV}} In February 2011, OdaTV's offices were raided and some of its staff were arrested (including the founder [[Soner Yalçın]] and executive editor [[Barış Pehlivan]] as well as news co-ordinator [[Doğan Yurdakul]], journalist [[Barış Terkoğlu]]) and accused of links with the [[Ergenekon (organization)|Ergenekon]] organization.<ref name="raid">[[Cüneyt Özdemir]], [[Hurriyet Daily News]], 15 February 2011, [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/soner-yalcin-and-the-raid-on-odatvcom.aspx?pageID=438&n=soner-yalcin-and-the-raid-on-8216odatv.com8217-2011-02-15 Soner Yalçın and the raid on 'odatv.com']</ref> Odatv columnists Muhammet Sait Çakır, Coşkun Musluk and Müyesser Uğur were also charged.<ref>[[Reporters without Borders]], 14 March 2012, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120316225358/http://en.rsf.org/turquie-four-journalists-released-but-13-03-2012,42106.html Four journalists released but fight goes on for dozens still held]</ref>
Digital documents linking to the [[Ergenekon (organization)|Ergenekon]] conspiracy are the basis of the case against [[Barış Terkoğlu]], [[Ahmet Şık]], [[Nedim Şener]] and the other detainees in the OdaTV case.<ref name=RealDanger>{{cite news|last=Kenyon|first=Peter|url=https://www.npr.org/2012/01/26/145844105/for-turkish-journalists-arrest-is-a-real-danger|access-date=2012-01-27|title=For Turkish Journalists, Arrest Is A Real Danger|work=npr |date=2012-01-26}}</ref><ref name=rsf>{{cite news|url=http://en.rsf.org/turquie-two-investigative-journalists-19-03-2012,42153.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323002017/http://en.rsf.org/turquie-two-investigative-journalists-19-03-2012,42153.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 23, 2012 |access-date=2012-06-04 |title=Two Investigative Journalists Threatened on Twitter |work=[[Reporters Without Borders]] |date=2012-03-19}}</ref> Examinations of the documents conducted by computer experts at [[Boğaziçi University]], [[Yıldız Technical University]], [[Middle East Technical University]], and the American data processing company ''DataDevastation'' have refuted the validity of the documents, concluding that outside sources targeted the journalists' computers. Rare and malicious computer viruses, including Autorun-BJ and [[Sality|Win32:Malware-gen]], allowed the placement of the documents to go unnoticed by the defendants.<ref>{{citation|last=Marpet|first=Joshua|url=http://cdogangercekler.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/odatv_abd_raporu_23-1-12-2011.pdf|access-date=2012-06-03|title=ODA-TV HDD#6|work=DataDevastation Report |pages=8–17|date=2011-12-21}}</ref> Another judicial report prepared by the governmental agency [[TÜBİTAK]] also confirmed the infection by malicious viruses but could not confirm or reject any outside intervention.<ref name="Today's Zaman">{{citation|url=http://www.sundayszaman.com/sunday/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=290553|access-date=2012-10-18|title=TÜBİTAK says can't conclude if documents in OdaTV case sent via computer virus|date=2012-08-27|work=[[Today's Zaman]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927031556/http://www.sundayszaman.com/sunday/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=290553|archive-date=2012-09-27}}</ref>
Digital forensics company Arsenal Consulting examined the OdaTV evidence and found that while the malware on [[Barış Pehlivan]]'s OdaTV computer was much more interesting than known prior to Arsenal’s involvement (e.g. the Ahtapot remote access trojan never seen before “in the wild”), it was not responsible for delivery of the incriminating documents. The “Anchors in Relative Time”<ref>{{citation|title=Anchors in Relative Time (ART)|journal=Digital Forensics Magazine|issue=27|date=May 2016|url=https://digitalforensicsmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1064&Itemid=99}}</ref> analysis technique was used to reveal a series of local (physical access) and remote (across the Internet) attacks against his computer. The final two local attacks (on the evenings of February 9 and 11, 2011) resulted in delivery of the incriminating documents to his computer, just prior to its seizure by the [[Turkish National Police]]. Arsenal’s work has been covered by Motherboard<ref>{{cite news|last=Fiscutean|first=Andrada|title=Turkish Journalist Jailed for Terrorism Was Framed, Forensics Report Shows|date=2016-08-22|work=vice|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/turkish-journalist-jailed-for-terrorism-was-framed-forensic-report-shows-1/}}</ref> and a detailed case study<ref>{{cite web|title=Odatv - A Case Study in Digital Forensics and Sophisticated Evidence Tampering|access-date=2016-11-11|url=https://arsenalexperts.com/Case-Studies/Odatv}}</ref> is under ongoing development.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.odatv.com Official Website] *[https://www.parafrekans.com/ Parafrekans Website] *[[Committee to Protect Journalists]], [https://www.cpj.org/tags/odatv Odatv]
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