Eren Erdem, who lost his seat in the mid-2018 election that granted President Tayyip Erdogan sweeping new powers, has been nabbed
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
since June and accused of publishing illegal wiretaps while editor of an opposition newspaper in 2014.
He denies charges of assisting followers of U.S.-based holy man Fethullah Gülen
... 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..., who is accused of orchestrating a failed 2016 putsch.
Prosecutors sought a sentence of up to 19 years for Erdem over "membership of an armed organization" and aiding terrorists, Anadolu said. However,
denial ain't just a river in Egypt...
the court ruled on Monday that he should be released on bail.
Hours later, a higher court overturned the release ruling, following an appeal by the Istanbul prosecutor's office on grounds that Erdem may flee.
He is the second politician from the secularist Republican People's Party (CHP) to be detained in a sweeping security crackdown since the attempted military coup that has sparked outrage from rights groups and some of
...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor....
's Western allies.