ANKARA: Turkish authorities issued arrest warrants for the owner and three employees of opposition daily Sozcu, state media reported yesterday, as the crackdown on opposition media widened, reports AFP.
The owner, Burak Akbay, and the three others, including the executive in charge of the website, Mediha Olgun, are accused of links to the movement led by Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen blamed for last year's failed coup, Anadolu news agency reported.The fiercely anti-government and ultra-secularist daily whose name means "spokesman" is one of the country's bestselling papers. Its slogan is: "If #Sozcu is silent, Turkey will be silent."
Istanbul prosecutors issued the warrants for the four including correspondent Gokmen Ulu and Yonca Kaleli, a finance executive, CNN Turk broadcaster said.Anadolu said Olgun had been detained and Akbay was out of the country.