Colleagues arrested in post-coup crackdown victims of false charges, says veteran journalist

Veteran journalist Şahin Alpay, who was imprisoned following a coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016, has saidin an interview that many of his colleagues arrested in a post-coup purge were victims of trumped-up charges. In the interview with fellow journalist Ruşen Çakır, Alpay discussed his newly published memoir, in which he reflects on his 14-year career at the now-closed Zaman newspaper and his time in prison. Alpay said none of the … Continue reading Colleagues arrested in post-coup crackdown victims of false charges, says veteran journalist