Detained two executives of the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet
Two managers of the newspaper Cumhuriyet, which is adjacent to the opposition were arrested and taken to jail tonight at the behest of Istanbul criminal court that the accused that published information about weapons deliveries by the Turkish state to jihadists in Syria, according to Turkish media .
The Jan Ntiountar, editor of the newspaper, like Erdem Gul, the head of the Cumhuriyet office in Ankara, accused of "spying" and "revealing state secrets" because they had published in May an article referring to weapons deliveries from service espionage Turkey, the MIT, to rebels in Syria.
Turkish gendarmerie had stopped a convoy of trucks at MIT in southern Turkey in January 2014. The disclosure of arms transfers that were hiding, according to Cumhuriyet, under crates of drugs had caused a political earthquake in Turkey.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who categorically denies that islamosyntiritiki government supports jihadist organizations that are fighting against the regime Bashar al-Assad, has submitted personal lawsuit against Ntiountar, 54, and apologies publicly, in a televised interview that the journalist "will not save the so". "We will pay very heavy price," said Erdogan added.
Two managers of the newspaper Cumhuriyet, which is adjacent to the opposition were arrested and taken to jail tonight at the behest of Istanbul criminal court that the accused that published information about weapons deliveries by the Turkish state to jihadists in Syria, according to Turkish media .
The Jan Ntiountar, editor of the newspaper, like Erdem Gul, the head of the Cumhuriyet office in Ankara, accused of "spying" and "revealing state secrets" because they had published in May an article referring to weapons deliveries from service espionage Turkey, the MIT, to rebels in Syria.
Turkish gendarmerie had stopped a convoy of trucks at MIT in southern Turkey in January 2014. The disclosure of arms transfers that were hiding, according to Cumhuriyet, under crates of drugs had caused a political earthquake in Turkey.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who categorically denies that islamosyntiritiki government supports jihadist organizations that are fighting against the regime Bashar al-Assad, has submitted personal lawsuit against Ntiountar, 54, and apologies publicly, in a televised interview that the journalist "will not save the so". "We will pay very heavy price," said Erdogan added.