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| Hurriyet files criminal complaints against AKP lawmaker, tabloid |
| 2015-09-18 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] Hurriyet Editor-in-Chief Sedat Ergin and columnist Ahmet Hakan filed a criminal complaint Sept. 17 against Justice and Development Party (AKP) politician Adnan Boynukalin on charges of making insults, issuing threats and praising crime and criminals. Also on Sept. 17 , Dogan Holding Honorary Chairman Aydin Dogan, Hurriyet, Dogan News Agency (DHA) and Doruk Television and Radio Broadcasting filed criminal complaints against a tabloid and its executives on the grounds of slander and defamation. In the complaint, the complainants demanded Ethem Sancak, owner of the tabloid Gunes; its editor-in-chief, Turgay Guler; and editor Mustafa Dolu face trial for a widely derided front-page story in the pro-government daily. A prosecutor launched an investigation into the Dogan Media Group for "terrorist propaganda" on Sept. 15 based on the tabloid's front page. Some of the claims in the Gunes story had already been declared unfounded by the Turkish judiciary, which had refused to launch a case. Deputy Chief Prosecutor Idris Kurt, however, took Gunes's allegations seriously and initiated the probe. |
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