According to TV stations NTV and CNN-Turk, arrest warrants relate to, among others, known commentator Nazli Ilicak that AFP is called a prominent figure in the world of Turkish media. Ilicak was released in 2013 with a pro-government newspaper “Sabah” for criticizing ministers implicated in corruption scandal.
Born in 1944 Ilicak last year founded the newspaper “Ozgur Dusunce” (Free Thought). On Monday police she did not find the journalist in her home in Istanbul; Ilicak can stay on vacation on the Aegean Sea – reported daily “Hurriyet”, which quotes the Istanbul prosecutor for. Terrorism Irfan Fidan.
On Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned in an interview with French television France 24 that ” media supporting the coup, whether it comes to audiovisual media and other will pay the price for it. ” “The media have an obligation to obey the law,” – said the head of state, criticized by the European Union for the intensification of the purges after the failed coup.
July 19 The Supreme Council of Radio and Telwizji (RTÜK) received licenses for all radio and television stations having the government links with a religious movement Hizmet, whose supporters are accused of organizing the recent coup attempt.
this decision applies to 24 TV channels and radio stations and 34 journalists, believed to be associated with the visiting US Muslim preacher Fethullah Gülen, which table headed Hizmetu. Journalists that received cards journalism.
In March, the newspaper “Zaman” and the news agency Cihan were taken by the authorities which have designated administrators to manage these media.
Following the foiled coup of July 16 in Turkey temporarily They arrested more than 11 thousand. person and 5.8 thousand. It was arrested – according to Sunday’s balance sheet. During the coup killed at least 270 people.
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