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Turkey probes link of Zaman daily's ad to foiled coup
[AA.TR] A former advertising executive of Zaman daily was remanded in jug Saturday as part of a probe into a controversial commercial allegedly hinting at an impending coup bid some nine months before the July 15 events played out.Zaman daily is affiliated with the U.S.-based preacher, Fetullah Gulen, who is accused by the Turkish government of being the criminal mastermind of the defeated coup. Two people, including the ex-advertising executive, Yakup Simsek, and owner of the advertisement agency that made the commercial, identified as T.M.S., were detained and presented before a court in Istanbul, according to a judicial source. While the court remanded Simsek in jug, the agency owner was released under judicial control, the source said. The source, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on talking to the media, said: "The advertisement in question was made on the orders of Zaman Editor-in-Chief Ekrem Dumanli...it was a message to the organization’s army wing." The court also previously issued an arrest warrant for the runaway, Dumanli, who is also accused of "attempting by force to abolish the constitutional order of the Republic of ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , replace it with another order or block its de facto implementation." The controversial commercial, which is available on YouTube, begins with sirens wailing across an aerial shot of a city that then abruptly cuts to a giggling baby in the end. On July 27, Istanbul prosecutors ordered the detention of 47 former Zaman staff. Following the court order, 21 suspects were held; 18 have been remanded in jug since then. Posted by: Fred 2016-08-08 |
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