Turkish tribunal orders Umit Ozdag’s apprehension implicit accusations of nationalist incitement and anti-Syrian exile riots aft his detention connected Monday.
Published On 22 Jan 2025
A tribunal successful Turkiye has ordered the Victory Party person Umit Ozdag to beryllium held successful custody pending proceedings connected charges of inciting nationalist hatred done societal media.
Ozdag was detained connected Monday for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan implicit comments successful which helium said “even crusades had not done arsenic overmuch harm to Turkiye arsenic Erdogan has”.
The enactment said Istanbul’s Chief Public Prosecutor’s bureau released Ozdag from custody connected charges of insulting the president but subsequently ordered his apprehension connected charges of “inciting hatred and hostility among the public”.
Prosecutors presented 11 of Ozdag’s posts connected X arsenic grounds against him, the enactment said. The prosecutor’s bureau besides held Ozdag liable for riots against Syrian refugees past twelvemonth successful the cardinal Turkish state of Kayseri, during which hundreds of homes and businesses were attacked.
In a station connected X, Ozdag said arresting him means arresting the radical helium represents and those who are opposing the latest developments successful the country.
“Workers who had to past connected minimum wage, retirees surviving beneath the hunger threshold were arrested! … You tin apprehension me, but you cannot soundlessness maine without sidesplitting me!”
Ozdag, a 63-year-old erstwhile academic, is an outspoken professional of Turkiye’s exile policies and has called for the repatriation of millions of Syrian refugees.
Ozgur Ozel, the person of the main absorption Republican People’s Party (CHP), protested against the arrest, saying the determination was a execution of justice, a demolition of some ideology and judicial independence.
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu besides protested against Ozdag’s apprehension and said this amounts to an involution of authorities successful the judiciary.
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