Mehmet Akif Aslan

Coup soldiers claim they raided Doğan Media Center over potential terror attack on night of coup attempt

Two former soldiers who had conducted a raid on the Doğan Media Center in the Bağcılar district of Istanbul on the night of last year's failed coup attempt have claimed that they had surrounded the building after having been given an order of a potential "terror attack" targeting the complex.

Istanbul court adjourns hearing of suspects in Doğan Media raid during coup attempt to August

The second hearing of the case into the raid on Hürriyet, the Hürriyet Daily News, CNN Türk and Kanal D at the Doğan Media Center during last year's failed coup was postponed to early August by an Istanbul court on July 18 after the suspects demanded extra time for their pleas.

Suspects in Hürriyet raid during coup attempt refuse to testify in first hearing

The suspects in the case of the raid on daily Hürriyet, the Hürriyet Daily News, CNN Türk and Kanal D at the Doğan Media Center in the Bağcılar district of Istanbul on the night of last year's coup attempt refused to testify in the first hearing on July 17, claiming they had not received the indictment.

Hearing of 19 coup soldiers who raided daily Hürriyet to be held on July 17

The hearing of a total of 19 soldiers who raided daily Hürriyet, the Hürriyet Daily News, CNN Türk and Kanal D at the Doğan Media Center in the Bağcılar district of Istanbul on the night of last year's failed coup attempt will begin on July 17, one year after the attempted takeover.

Court accepts indictment into coup soldiers' raid on Doğan Media Center

The Istanbul 27th Heavy Penal Court has accepted an indictment into the raid on daily Hürriyet, the Hürriyet Daily News, CNN Türk and Kanal D at the Doğan Media Center in Istanbul's Bağcılar district on the night of the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016.