Saturday, October 10, 2015

#TURKEY: Editor Arrested For Tweet "Insulting" President

[world politics news]


Bülent Keneş, the editor-in-chief of Turkey's leading English daily, Today's Zaman, was arrested on Friday in İstanbul over his tweets allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. In the run-up to next month's parliamentary elections, the Turkish government's attempts at intimidation of independent and critical journalists by abusing the criminal justice system have increased in intensity and frequency.

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