content tagged with december 14 operation

Prosecutors Zekeriya Öz, Celal Kara, Muammer Akkaş and Mehmet Yüzgeç in charge of Turkey’s Corruption Probe and Bribe Operations have been dismissed from their posts until the end of investigations against them.

Istanbul 1st Peace Court is reportedly working to issue an international arrest warrant for the influential cleric Fethullah Gülen after police authorities informed that he doesn’t reside in Turkey.

Prosecutor in charge of December 14 Operation requested the arrest of 8 defendants including Zaman newspaper editor-in-chief Ekrem Dumanlı.

Defense attorneys appealed the arrest of Samanyolu TV Broadcasting Group Chairman Hidayet Karaca for various reasons including ill-treatment and hoax claims on “illegal armed organization”.

After 4 days of detention, Zaman newspaper editor-in-chief Ekrem Dumanlı has been released pending a trial with December 14 Operation. Samanyolu TV Broadcasting Group Chairman Hidayet Karaca, however, has been arrested.

16 individuals including Zaman newspaper editor-in-chief Ekrem Dumanlı and Samanyolu TV Broadcasting Group Chairman Hidayet Karaca have been charged with prison sentence for attempted coup against the government.

The anti-terror teams of Istanbul Police Department has started operations in 13 cities on December 14, detaining 31 individuals including prominent journalists under the charges of “establishing, managing and being a member of a terrorist organization and committing fraud”.

Out of 27 people, director Naci Çelik Berksoy, scriptwriters Radiye Ebru Şenvardar, Elif Yılmaz and Makbule Çam Elamdağ, Ahmet Şahin are released following their custody on 14th of December.