Turkish police raid opposition media ISTANBUL — Turkish police raided media outlets close to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric today and detained 24 people, including top executives and ex-police chiefs, in operations against what President Tayyip Erdogan calls a terrorist network conspiring to topple him. The raids on the newspaper Zaman and Samanyolu television marked an escalation of Erdogan’s battle with ex-ally Fetullah Gulen, with whom he has been in open conflict since a graft investigation aimed at Erdogan’s inner circle emerged a year ago. In scenes broadcast live on Turkish TV, Zaman’s editor-in-chief, Ekrem Dumanli, smiled and studied police documents before being led through the newspaper’s headquarters to applause from his staff. “Let those who have committed a crime be scared,” he said. “We are not scared.” Several hundred people chanted, “The free press cannot be silenced” and “Turkey is proud of you.” The European Union was quick to condemn the raids, saying in an unusually strongly worded statement that they were incompatible with media freedom and ran counter to European values. The U.S. State Department called “as Turkey’s friend and ally” on Turkish authorities to protect media freedom and other democratic values. Istanbul Chief Prosecutor Hadi Salihoglu said in a statement that arrest warrants [...]The post Turkish police raid opposition media appeared first on Ohio news. ohianews/turkish-police-raid-opposition-media/
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 07:45:31 +0000
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