Employee of Yeni Yaşam Newspaper Tuğba Bulut Arrested

Click to read the article in Turkish / Kurdish

Eight people out of 11, who were taken into custody during the police raids that were conducted on December 22, have been arrested on the allegation of "being a member of a terrorist organization."

Tuğba Bulut, an employee of the daily Yeni Yaşam (New Life) newspaper, is among the arrested.

In the morning of December 25, 11 people were brought to the Anatolian Courthouse. Tuğba Bulut, Mehmet Acun, Nurten Gündüm, Osman Beğbağa, Ercan Ekinci, Şahin Özyıldırım, Rodi Bozyel and Ömer Taşkıran were referred to the investigating judgeship without being questioned by the Prosecutor's Office.

Social media post is crime evidence

The eight people who deposed at the Anatolian 1st Penal Judgeship of Peace have been arrested on the allegation of "being a member of a terrorist organization." Telephone tape records, social media posts, books, magazines and police records were shown as reasons for arrests.

CLICK - Is It Way to Prison by Verdict Instead of Freedom for Journalists

(EMK/VK)