Cumhuriyet Foundation Executive Board President Akın Atalay was detained by police at Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport on Nov. 11, Hurriyet reports.
Istanbul police detain executive board head of Cumhuriyet Foundation
STEPANAKERT, NOVEMBER 11, ARTSAKHPRESS: Atalay had also been wanted in the investigation but was abroad during the initial wave of detentions targeting Cumhuriyet journalists and executives. He was detained after returning from Germany.
Turkish authorities ordered the detention of executives from Cumhuriyet newspaper on accusations they committed crimes on behalf of Kurdish militants and the Gulen movement.