Daily Sabah

Turkish newspaper The Daily Sabah raised the matter, accusing Greece of denying Muslim rights

People shout slogans as they hold Turkish flags during a rally marking the third anniversary of the failed coup attempt in Istanbul, Turkey, 15 July 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN

Prosecutors in the city of Izmir ordered the arrests because of the suspects' alleged of links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is accused by Ankara of mounting a failed coup in 2016.

The president of the European Parliament has banned the distribution of Turkish pro-government English language Daily Sabah at parliament, upon the request of a Dutch MEP, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on March 23.

Doğan Group Ankara Administrative Representative Barbaros Muratoglu was arrested late on Dec. 15 following his interrogation at the Istanbul 9th Criminal Court Peace over charges of "aiding the armed Fethullahist Terror Organization [FETÖ]," after being held in custody for 14 days.

Panic has been stirred up among Turkey's neighbors, Bulgaria and Greece, over the recent exchange of ultimatums between Turkey and the European Union, Daily Sabah argues.

It makes a reference to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's comments to the EU last week: "We will open the borders if you push any farther."

When the state of emergency (OHAL) was declared, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan himself said it would "absolutely not be used as a practice against democracy, the law and freedoms. On the contrary, it aims to protect and strengthen these values." 

"Markets huge slap in the face to lobby of fear" wrote the headline of pro-Justice and Development Party (AKP) daily Sabah last March 18. Dollar sinks, stock market [at] all-time high; we shall not give in to terror and chaos callers." It was less than a week after the deadly Ankara bombings, a day after the German embassy's warning about a possible terror attack in Istanbul.

A man linked to the movement of US-based cleric Fethullah Gülen will not be extradited to Turkey, a Bulgarian court has ruled.

Abdullah Büyük is a businessman who owns a domain name registration company and has demanded political asylum in Bulgaria, being sought for "terrorism" charges, private NOVA TV station reports.

The hunt for the members of the "parallel structure," or "parallel state," terms used by President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) circles to define the followers of Fethullah Gülen, has finally gone wild.

We have seen many times in the recent past sad examples in the name of democracy of how a submissive justice can turn into a weapon in the hands of political powers. When a physical attack was not enough, the justice weapon has now turned to daily Hürriyet. The target is freedom of expression and freedom of the press.