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| The Grand Turk | |
| Turkish magazine critical of ErdoÄŸan confiscated, editors arrested | |
| 2015-11-04 | |
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation into the 24th issue of Nokta, which showed a picture of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... on its cover, alongside the headline "Nov. 2, Monday: The beginning of ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's civil war," on charges of "overtly inciting people to commit crime" and "sedition." The Istanbul 5th Criminal Court of Peace ordered the collection and confiscation of all copies of the issue upon a request from the prosecutor. The magazine's editor-in-chief, Cevheri Guven, and its chief news editor, Murat Capan, were arrested after being detained by police. Guven reportedly said in his testimony that Nokta's editorial team outlined the cover before the Nov. 1 general election, anticipating a coalition rather than a single-party government. "President Erdogan is the most prominent figure in terms of the political authority and he is a leader designating politics. So we published a picture of him on the cover," he said, adding that the editorial team predicted a chaotic atmosphere in a possible coalition and therefore opted for the "civil war" headline. This is not the first time that Nokta has experienced legal trouble due to its front cover. On Sept. 14, coppers raided its headquarters in Istanbul's Okmeydani neighborhood over the cover of its 18th issue, which showed Erdogan taking a selfie near a killed soldier's coffin, on charges of "insulting the Turkish president" and "making terrorist propaganda." The issue was confiscated at delivery centers, and Capan was detained by police but later released on probation. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Didn't take long; as if planned since before the last round of election results. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-11-04 12:04 |