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Turkey arrests two journalists from daily Sözcü
[Hurriyet Daily News] A Turkish court incarceratedMaw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! two journalists from daily Sözcu late on May 26 over alleged links to the July 15, 2016, failed coup attempt, widely believed to have been criminal masterminded by the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ). Gökmen Ulu, a correspondent in the western province of Izmir, and Mediha Olgun, an executive in charge of Sözcu’s website, were charged with "committing crimes on behalf of the movement of the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen ... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world... without being members of it."
Yonca Yucekaleli, a finance executive at the paper who had also been detained, was released by the court. The court dropped the charge of "membership to a terrorist organization" against Olgun and Ulu. Ulu and Olgun were first detained on May 19 over an article published on the day of the coup attempt which gave details of President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... ’s holiday in the Aegean resort of Marmaris along with pictures of the hotel where he was staying. In his court testimony, published by Sözcu, Ulu said he was in shock over the allegations and said the article was proof of successful journalism. "If an organized and sneaky terrorist organization engages in an uprising, would they learn the location of the president from a journalist or a newspaper? The coup-plotters said they knew about the president’s whereabouts in their testimonies. Accepting such a charge means underestimating this terrorist organization," Ulu told the court. Posted by: Fred 2017-05-29 |
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