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Turkish journalist Ahmet Sik held 'over tweet' | Turkish journalist Ahmet Sik held 'over tweet' |
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Police in Istanbul have detained a prominent investigative journalist, Ahmet Sik, in connection with his social media postings. | Police in Istanbul have detained a prominent investigative journalist, Ahmet Sik, in connection with his social media postings. |
The arrest of Sik, who has been jailed previously, came shortly before writer Asli Erdogan and linguist Necmiye Alpay appeared in a Turkish court. | The arrest of Sik, who has been jailed previously, came shortly before writer Asli Erdogan and linguist Necmiye Alpay appeared in a Turkish court. |
The court later released the pair pending their trial. | |
Many Turkish writers and journalists have been arrested since the July plot against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. | |
The conservative ruling AK Party, which has Islamist roots, launched a massive purge of the police, judiciary, media, schools and universities after the abortive coup attempt by military officers. | |
Free speech campaigners Pen say the authorities have detained almost 150 writers and journalists. | |
Sik, 46, tweeted: "I am being detained. I will be taken to the prosecutor's office regarding a tweet." | |
He has been accused of spreading "terrorist propaganda", reports say. | |
He and journalist Nedim Sener were previously jailed in 2011-2012. The authorities banned Sik's book The Imam's Army, which examined the life and work of Fethullah Gulen, the US-based cleric blamed by the Turkish government for the July coup attempt. | |
A version of the book was however published in November 2011. | |
Kurdish links | Kurdish links |
Asli Erdogan, 49, and Necmiye Alpay, 70, are among nine suspects charged over their links to the pro-Kurdish newspaper Ozgur Gundem, which was shut down in August. | Asli Erdogan, 49, and Necmiye Alpay, 70, are among nine suspects charged over their links to the pro-Kurdish newspaper Ozgur Gundem, which was shut down in August. |
The authorities regard Ozgur Gundem as a mouthpiece for the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), an armed group fighting for more Kurdish autonomy. Turkey and its Western allies regard the PKK as a terrorist organisation. | The authorities regard Ozgur Gundem as a mouthpiece for the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), an armed group fighting for more Kurdish autonomy. Turkey and its Western allies regard the PKK as a terrorist organisation. |
Asli Erdogan and Alpay - a prominent linguist and translator - both pleaded not guilty. | |
Asli Erdogan said she was on the paper's advisory board, but "it hasn't had a meeting in five years and hasn't taken one single decision". | |
One of her novels has been published in English, titled The City in Crimson Cloak. |