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Turkish authorities have arrested the cafeteria manager of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper for insulting the president after he said he would not serve tea to Tayyip Erdogan, one of the manager's lawyers told Reuters on Monday. Senol Buran, who runs the cafeteria at the Istanbul office of Cumhuriyet, was taken into custody after police raided his home late on Saturday, lawyer Ozgur Urfa said. The newspaper is among the few still critical of the government. Insulting the president is a crime punishable by up to four years in prison in Turkey.
[...] Buran was detained after a police officer providing security for the newspaper said he heard him use a derogatory term to describe Erdogan and say he would refuse to serve the president tea if he ever visited the cafeteria, his lawyer said. According to court documents obtained by Reuters, Buran has denied using an insulting term, while confirming that he had said he would refuse to serve the president tea. He also said he had a dispute with the police officer two years ago.
The judge at an Istanbul court on Sunday ordered Buran's arrest pending trial, citing "strong suspicion of crime committed" and saying the suspect might otherwise put pressure on witnesses, the documents showed.
Previously: Turkey's Erdogan Continues Crackdown on Media with Detention of Cumhuriyet Newspaper Staff (same newspaper)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 29 2016, @01:08PM
As long as that continues, Israel will continue to face international backlash.
Nobody gives a fuck about the UN's opinion. Israel would have more to worry about if they were condemned by Disney.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 29 2016, @05:20PM
Then why are they crying about it like such whiney little bitches ?
The simple fact is that Israel was founded by a bunch of anti-semitic, racist, predominantly FOREIGN, terrorist bums who invaded Palestine with the goal of setting up a religious state, complete with religious courts and where women are LEGALLY their husband's PROPERTY. There is literally NO difference between Israel and ISIS except the brand of religious 'state' they founded. Despite over half a century of handouts from the US taxpayer, these bums are still unable to fund their own lifestyle and still rely on billions of taxpayer money per annum to support them in the fashion to which they have become accustomed. They have continually STARTED wars of aggression against all their neighbours to steal territory which they claim their magic sky friend promised them, all funded by US taxpayer money while the US's own infrastructure crumbles. So lets start Making America Great Again by dumping these bums and spend US taxpayer money on the US instead.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 30 2016, @06:15PM
All well said and correct. I would also add the fact that Israel was founded by the UN so maybe they should care. Resolution 181(II)