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Five More Lieutenants Under Arrest, for Assassination Charges

After three arrests on Tuesday, two more lieutenants were arrested yesterday evening.

Erol Önderoğlu

Five More Lieutenants Under Arrest, for Assassination Charges

On Tuesday, 21 July, naval lieutenants Sinan Efe Noyan, Faruk Akın and Alperen Erdoğan were arrested, accused of membership in an armed illegal organisation. They were taken to military prison.

They are suspected of having planned the assassination of two admirals in the naval command.

Police in Istanbul and Gölcük took part in the operations.

Two other lieutenants, who had been taken into custody as part of the same investigation, were later arrested on order of the duty High Criminal Court in Istanbul. Their identities are not yet known.

Meanwhile, the Istanbul 11th High Criminal Court has rejected the objections of the first three arrested lieutenants to their arrest. (EÖ/AG)

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Erol Önderoğlu

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A graduate of the French Language and Literature Department at İstanbul University. He has served as the Turkey representative for the international organization Reporters Without...

A graduate of the French Language and Literature Department at İstanbul University. He has served as the Turkey representative for the international organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF), where he began as a reporter in 1996. Since 1999, he has worked at bianet, a project of the IPS Communication Foundation, as the coordinator of the Legal Support Desk, editor for freedom of expression, and editor-in-chief. He has authored more than 4,800 signed news articles and opinion pieces. He has also written for Bizim Gazete and the journal Güncel Hukuk. He currently prepares the Media Monitoring Reports at bianet.