- Title: Turkey targets opposition newspaper over suspected coup links
- Date: 19th May 2017
- Summary: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (MAY 19, 2017) (REUTERS) BUILDING WHERE SOZCU NEWSPAPER OFFICE IS LOCATED VARIOUS OF TURKISH FLAGS HUNG ON EXTERIOR OF BUILDING VARIOUS OF JOURNALISTS WORKING IN SOZCU NEWSPAPER OFFICE (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF SOZCU NEWSPAPER, METIN YILMAZ, SAYING: "Because this (Sozcu) was the last remaining opposition newspaper in Turkey to show Europe (what is going on), it was a display for the government and democracy. If you silence this one too, then there will be no opposition media, no one will be left. It will be a biased country with only one-sided coverage." VARIOUS OF EMPLOYEES WORKING AT SOZCU NEWSPAPER OFFICE
- Embargoed: 2nd June 2017 16:43
- Keywords: journalist detention coup opposition Sozcu newspaper media security Turkey
- Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- City: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice
- Reuters ID: LVA0016HI9K5J
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Turkish authorities have issued arrest warrants for the owner and three employees of an opposition newspaper, a police source and the paper said on Friday (May 19).
It's seen as part of a continuing media crackdown that has alarmed rights groups and Turkey's western allies.
The four are accused of committing crimes on behalf of the network of U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, they said.
Gulen is blamed by Ankara for masterminding last July's failed coup against President Tayyip Erdogan, a charge he denies.
Turkish police carried out searches at the homes of the owner and the three employees of Sozcu newspaper, which is fiercely critical of Erdogan and his ruling AK Party, and also detained the paper's internet editor, the police source said. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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