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Arrest warrant issued for Today's Zaman editor-in-chief
[Hurriyet Daily News] An arrest warrant was issued for Today's Zaman Editor-in-Chief Bulent Kenes on Oct. 9 after the case's prosecutor objected to a decision by the court to release the journalist on probation."Along with the journalistic greats who were sentenced today, I was also granted the chance to put my arrest warrant on the headline. That is the irony of ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... !" tweeted Kenes after the court's decision. Kenes was released on probation on Oct. 8 after he was sent to court with a demand for his arrest for allegedly defaming Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... on Twitter. The prosecutor's office had sent Kenes to court with a demand for his arrest while he was in the office to testify. "Press prosecutor Umut Tepe has sent me to court for arrest for defaming the president ... in my Twitter posts," Kenes tweeted before the court ruling. "I will continue to fight for democracy and freedom until the last moment. You will not be able to silence a free soul even if you put it in prison," he wrote. Today's Zaman, which is the English version of the Turkish language daily Zaman, is allegedly close to the movement of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen. Following stunning corruption allegations in 2013 against Erdogan's inner circle, thousands of alleged members of Gulen's movement were purged from the police force and judiciary. Hidayet Karaca, the head of Samanyolu Broadcasting Group, also linked to the Gulen movement, has been under arrest since Dec. 14, 2014, on charges of terrorism. Posted by: Fred 2015-10-10 |
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