Mehmet Baransu
Turkish journalist sent to court over fabricated evidence in Balyoz case
Journalist Mehmet Baransu was sent to court with a demand for his arrest on March 2 after being detained by anti-terror police in Istanbul in an operation over fabricated CDs that were used as evidence in the Balyoz (Sledgehammer) coup plot case.
Police detained Baransu late on March 1 after searching his home for almost 10 hours, seizing a number of documents.
Key evidence in Turkey’s Balyoz coup case fabricated: Expert report
An expert report on Turkeyâs Balyoz (Sledgehammer) coup plot case has revealed that key pieces of evidence in the case were fabricated, stating that the notes on two CDs were written by a machine, not handwritten by General Süha Tanyeri as previously alleged.