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Adem Yavuz Arslan.
Former editor of the shuttered daily Zaman

24-Jan-2019 9:37

4 April 2018:

Turkish court seeks extradition of exiled journalist Arslan with fabricated murder document

The Turkish judiciary has prepared fabricated documents to assure the issuance by Interpol of a Red Notice for the extradition of veteran Turkish journalist Adem Yavuz Arslan from the United States to Turkey over his alleged role in the killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink in 2007.

Arslan is among dozens of journalists in exile accused of having links to the faith-based Gülen movement, which autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his government accuse of masterminding a major corruption investigation in Turkey that became public in December 2013 and implicated the inner circle of the ruling AKP government and then-Prime Minister Erdoğan as well as a controversial military coup attempt on July 15, 2016. Read the full article

31 October 2017:

Police confirm FETÖ link in murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink

Responding to a request from the court trying defendants over the 2007 murder of prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, police acknowledged that 18 defendants in the case used ByLock. ByLock is an encrypted messaging app used by members of the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) and authorities believe it was created or at least modified by the group to cover up their activities.

Dink, the editor-in-chief of the Armenian Agos weekly, was assassinated outside his Istanbul office on Jan. 19, 2007, in a murder initially attributed to nationalists disturbed by his outspokenness on the Armenian genocide, a thorny issue for Turkey, and especially nationalists. Ogün Samast, a teenager, was captured and sentenced to 23 years in prison for the daylight murder, but further inquiry found several public and police officials linked to FETÖ tried to cover up the case.............................

....Anadolu Agency (AA) reported that among the ByLock users in the case is Adem Yavuz Arslan, a fugitive FETÖ member who wrote a book about the murder, fugitive FETÖ-linked prosecutor Zekeriya Öz and former police Chiefs Metin Canbay and Yakup Kurtaran. Ercan Gün, a journalist tried in the case, also used ByLock, according to the police. Read the full article

22 March 2017

Three journalists among eight wanted for murder of journalist Hrant Dink
Arrest warrants were issued for eight people, including three journalists, in connection with the 2007 murder of journalist Hrant Dink, according to news reports citing AFP. Ekrem Dumanlı, the former editor of the shuttered dailyZaman, Adem Yavuz Arslan, former Ankara representative of the shuttered newspaper Bugün, and Faruk Mercanlı, who wrote for both newspapers, were already wanted for arrest on terrorism charges for their alleged membership in the Hizmet network, which the Turkish government classes as a terrorist organization and blames for a failed, July 2016 military coup.

27 February 2014:
Smear campaign of media and business world by govt recalls feb 28

....................Besides direct instructions by alleged government officials for the dismissals of opponent journalists, Adem Yavuz Arslan, a columnist in the Bugün daily wrote in his column that black propaganda is being carried out against him by the government. Aslan complained of growing black propaganda becoming more violent as details of the corruption investigation continue to emerge, saying: "Non-partisan journalists are called and threatened. Those who threaten journalists are authorized people.

They menaced non-partisan journalists with facing mass arrests unless they adopt a more positive stance to the government-linked bribery allegations. Those journalists who were manipulated and acted in coordination with the military were relatively more fair and moderate when compared to the current government attitude.
Azeri journalist Zeynalov expelled for criticizing Erdoğan........................... Read the full article

Police confirm FETÖ link in murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink