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The Grand Turk
Turkey puts broadcast ban on Russia envoy’s killing
2016-12-29
Shhhh! It's a secret.
[Saudi Gazette] A Turkish court has put a broadcast ban on reporting of the investigation into last week’s murder of the Russian ambassador to Ankara Andrei Karlov, state media said on Tuesday.


A Turkish policeman opened fire on Karlov while he was delivering a speech at the opening of a photography exhibition, in an liquidation that stunned Russia and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....

An Ankara court agreed to a request by prosecutors for a ban on broadcasting images of the liquidation -- which was caught on film -- as well as the investigation itself, the state-run Anadolu news agency said.


This includes news concerning witnesses, victims or suspects in the murder.


The ruling said such news could be prejudicial to the investigation and to national security. The ban will last for the duration of the investigation.


It was not clear what had prompted the ban one week after the December 19 murder but it came one day after the daily Hurriyet published a detailed interview with the sister of the murderer Mevlut Mert Altintas.


The sister, named as Seher O., said her brother had been "brainwashed" while attending police school in Izmir.


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him...
has said Altintas was a member of the group of US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen
... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world...
blamed for the July 15 coup.
However this has yet to be echoed by Russian officials, who say it is too early to comment on the investigation.


In recent years, Turkish authorities have repeatedly placed broadcast bans on sensitive issues and in the wake of attacks, citing national security.
Posted by:Fred

#1  That's the way to do it! Close and lock the barn doors after the horses been stolen!
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2016-12-29 13:19  

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