Journalist İsmail Saymaz, who was detail on wednesday as part of an innovation into the 2013 Gezi Park Protests, HAS BEEN REALE CUSTODY BUT PUT UNDER HOUSE ARREST, The TR724 News Website Reported.
Saymaz, A Columnist for Halk TV, is the accused of “aiding an attempt to overthrow the Turkish Godovernment,” with prosecutors alleging Information.
The Gezi Park Protests Began in the Summer of 2013 As Opposition to An Urban Development Plan in Central Istanbul and Quickly Spread to Biggest Challenge to The Biggest Challenge. The protests were violently suppressed by Erdoğan’s Government, Who Later Labeled Them A “Coup AtTEMPT” Against Him.
A Decade Later, Turkish Prosecutors have launched new investigations into indructives and media organizations allegedly involved in the protests. Critics Say the Move Is Aimed at Silencing Government Opponents.
An Istanbul Court on Friday Ordered Saymaz’s Release from Police Custody and Put Him Under House Arrest in Line with a Request from A Prosecutor.
According to a Stratement from the Prosecutor’s Office, Saymaz Had Phone Conversations with Jail Businessman
KAVALA, WHO HAS BEEN IMPRISONED SOCKET NOVEMBER 2017 ON CHARGES RELATED TO THE TRAVEL PARK PROTESTS, WAS SENDENTED TO LIFE IN PRISON IN 2022 FORT ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPING TO OTHROW ERDOĞAN’s Government. His Conviction, Widly Seeing As Politically Motivated, Was Upheld by the Supreme Court of Appeals in September 2023.
Prosecutors Also Cite Saymaz’s “Intensse Communications” with Gezi Park Defendants, Incluting Can Atalay and Çiğdem Mater – Both Currently Serving Sentences – AS Well Mücella Construction, As Evidence of Criminal Activity.
Saymaz, who responded to the accounts through His lawyer, Said Had Had No Conversations with Kavala Other Than for Journalistic Purposes.
He said he knew atalay as a lawyer involved in Social Cases Before and After the Gezi Park Protests, Was Acquainted with Mater Mater Through Social Circles and Had Contact with Constructor AS A News Source.
“Say not Said. “Occurrent No Oh Charges Can Be Brought Against Me, I am Being Dragged into the Gezi Park Case.
Saymaz’s Detection Cames on the Same Day That Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), and More Thhan 80 Others, Inclument Two Districk Mayors in Istanbul, City Officials, BusinessPeople and Journalists, Werely Two Investigations LED by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. They face Accusations of Corruption and Terrorism, Which The Opposition Says are political.
Turkey, Which Has Been Suffering from A Poor Record of Freedom of the Press for Years, Ranks 158th AMONK 180 Countries in the Reporters (RSF) World Press Freedom Index Published in May 2024.
