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Turkey Arrests 68 Among 566 Detained over Social Media Posts After 2 School Shootings - Turkish Minute
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Turkish journalist briefly detained over social media posts on school shootings - Stockholm Center for Freedom
A Turkish journalist was briefly detained on Friday on accusations of publicly disseminating misinformation in social media posts related to school shootings in the southeastern provinces of Şanlıurfa and Kahramanmaraş last week, the soL Haber news website reported. In the posts cited as grounds for his detention, Turgay Kılıç said “attack bargaining” was taking place on social media platforms while arguing that mafia-themed television series al…
Turkey arrests 68 among 566 detained over social media posts after 2 school shootings - Turkish Minute
Turkish authorities have detained 566 people and are still seeking 95 others in a nationwide crackdown on social media posts following last week’s school attacks in the southeastern provinces of Şanlıurfa and Kahramanmaraş, with 68 of those detained arrested, according to a statement from the Turkish presidency’s Directorate of Communications.
The Directorate of Communications issued a statement regarding the school attacks in Şanlıurfa and Kahramanmaraş, and the legal proceedings against social media accounts that spread misleading information and created panic among the public following these events.
Following the school attacks in Kahramanmaraş and Şanlıurfa, arrest warrants were issued for 25 suspects who made threatening and provocative posts on social media. Details from A Haber reporter Kübra... Click here for more.
Breaking news: 25 suspects have been detained for threatening to attack schools on social media. It has been learned that 13 of those detained are under the age of 18.
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