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Hurriyet Daily News

Context: Sözcü is the most vehement Anti-Erdoğan publication in Turkey. Members of its executive board and staff have been taken into custody today in an operation, alleging connections to Fethullah Gülen, the alleged "mastermind" of the coup attempt of last July.

Police on May 19 conducted an operation targeting an executive of critical daily Sözcü and a number of other staff members, the Istanbul Chief Public prosecutor has stated.

Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor İrfan Fidan told the Doğan News Agency that the operation only targeted executives of the daily, including its license holder Burak Akbay.

“[The operation] is about the executives of daily Sözcü. He [Akbay] is already a fugitive and there is an arrest warrant for him. There are detentions and the investigation is ongoing,” Fidan said.

“Proceedings are only being conducted against its manager and some staff members,” he added.

The agency said the journalists were accused of “being a member of terror organization and committing crime on behalf of the organization,” “assault against the president,” and “armed insurgency against the Turkish government.”

İsmail Yılmaz, the lawyer for daily Sözcü, also said a search and confiscation warrant had been issued by the prosecutor.

According to Yılmaz, police seized Akbay’s tablet computer and left Kaleli’s house without detaining her. He added that searches inside Ulu’s residence are ongoing.

However, the lawyer also stated that police detained Olgun without a detention warrant against her, adding that it may be part of another investigation.

The glorious irony in this is that the 19th of May is "Atatürk Remembrance, Youth and Sports Day" in Turkey, celebrating the anniversary of Atatürk's arrival at Samsun to initiate the Turkish War Of Independence.

So... yeah.
Anyone want to take TurkGAF in? (half joking- I get out next year for university)