Yavuz Baydar

Journalists probed for 'defaming' Turkish president

The number of cases filed against journalists has increased with a criminal investigation launched against daily Zaman editor-in-chief Ekrem Dumanl? and a legal case filed against daily Bugün columnist Yavuz Baydar for allegedly defaming President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, while a Dutch journalist was detained in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r.