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Turkey Arrests Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Oguz Guven

posted by n1 on Monday May 15 2017, @11:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the strong-and-stable-leadership dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Turkish police arrested the online editor of the Cumhuriyet newspaper on Friday, an unidentified police official said.

Oguz Guven, the editor-in-chief of cumhuriyet.com.tr, was taken to Istanbul police headquarters, the official said on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media.

The official said an arrest warrant was issued for Guven after the online edition published an article about the death of Mustafa Alper, the chief prosecutor of Denizli province, in southwest Turkey, who was killed in a car crash on Wednesday.

Early on Friday, Guven tweeted, "I am being taken into custody", without elaborating further.

Sigh. Poor Turkey.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday May 16 2017, @12:57AM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 16 2017, @12:57AM (#510314) Journal

    Erdogan is driving Turkey to hell. Wonder what he's got planned for the future? Maybe he'll challenge Little Kim for positions as "Most Paranoid Leader", or "Most Deranged Executioner". Expect some nuclear tests in the not-distant future. And, lots of missiles to fall into the Med. Next up, a flood of refugees from Turkey, instead of refugees who have passed through Turkey.

    Apparently, though, he's still popular within the country. People support his paranoia, and they backed his forces during the attempted coup. Will that last, or is he squandering all the good will he did have?

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by khallow on Tuesday May 16 2017, @03:38AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 16 2017, @03:38AM (#510380) Journal
    My take is that it'll take time for the other shoe to fall. Right now, there's a stream of propaganda showing Erdogan acting as an effective leader without much to contradict it. The opposition has been crushed. Meanwhile the truth will take time to seep in. A country doesn't fall apart instantly. And even when there are enough dissatisfied built up to effectively oppose this tyranny, they still have to organize. Finally, one merely needs to look next door at Syria to see that even in the worst circumstances, tyranny can endure.

  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday May 16 2017, @07:09PM

    by kaszz (4211) on Tuesday May 16 2017, @07:09PM (#510679) Journal

    My thoughts too. Right now they are members of NATO where the codes for the nukes must be signed by the US president. It's not far fetched to consider a realignment with Putin (or the middle east) and North Korea style testing, building and lashing out. Not to forget incursions into neighboring countries. Or maybe the old style state sponsored terrorism which is a whole another level than the loose gangs acting out right now.

    Having a look at the beliefs and practices of the population, geostratic position and industrial base gives some hints of possible scenarios. However the industry may soon be lost.