Murat Sabuncu

Turkish police have detained at least a dozen people working for the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper, according to news-media reports. Cumhuriyet said that along with Murat Sabuncu, the editor-in-chief, 13 other other employees of the paper, including its managing staff, writers and executives, were detained on Monday. State-run Anadolu Agency said 12 people from Cumhuriyet were detained, adding that their homes were searched. The detentions come as authorities crack down on […]

Turkish police have detained the editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet, an opposition newspaper, according to Turkish media reports. Reports say that along with Murat Sabuncu, Guray Oz, a Cumhuriyet columnist, was also detained on Monday morning. Their residences were being searched, the reports said. Cumhuriyet, known for its critical stance towards the government, had got wide international attention in 2015 when it reported on a group of Syria-bound trucks allegedly sent by the country's intelligence […]