Turkey: daily Taraf countersues Premier Erdogan
For defamation after terror probe against paper
09 December, 14:12
(ANSAmed) - ANKARA, DECEMBER 9 - Leading independent newspaper Taraf, against which magistrates in Istanbul have opened a probe on espionage and terrorism charges at the request of Premier Recep Tayyp Erdogan, has decided to countersue the head of government. The probe was opened after the daily published confidential documents involving the government.
On Saturday Erdogan slammed the journalist who wrote the report as a 'traitor', Turkish media reported.
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