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Deputy PM: Gov’t not involved in Dec. 14 probe

by Daily Sabah

ISTANBUL Dec 19, 2014 - 12:00 am GMT+3
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by Daily Sabah Dec 19, 2014 12:00 am
Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has dismissed allegations circulating in media that the government had a hand in the operation that was launched on Sunday as part of an investigation conducted by the Istanbul Public Prosecutor's Office, labelling them as "unfair."

Kurtulmuş said the December 14 operation was a result of an investigation into suspects accused of "fabricating a crime" and "slander" conducted by a prosecutor's office. He said that the government could not be involved in the case, since the process, he said, regards the law, not politics.


"The process concerns laws and is not political. The government neither participates in nor influences the process." Kurtulmuş said, speaking live on a private TV channel in a question and answer session with journalists.

Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor Hadi Salihoğlu said on Sunday that he ordered the detention of 31 people on charges of forgery, fabricating evidence and forming a crime syndicate to overtake the sovereignty of the state. Already, 16 out of 30 of those detained have been released and one could not be detained as he was abroad on the day the operation took place.

Alluding to the investigation that was launched after a criminal complaint was filed against the suspects for their alleged involvement in a plot against a group they deemed a rival that led to their imprisonment, Kurtulmuş said the investigation was not about the "media."

"Some members of media outlets were detained as part of the operation, but the crime they are accused of does not concern an activity they are engaged in as journalists. Whatever the claim targeting them is, the issue is an individual case," Kurtulmuş also said.

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