Journalist Zihni Çakır arrested
Journalist Zihni Çakır, known for his proximity to the government, has been arrested.
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Zihni Çakır, regarding the meeting of Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç with Fenerbahçe President Sadettin Saran, who is subject to judicial control measures as part of a drug investigation, theregarding the meeting on his social media account, hemade a post criticizingthe meeting in question.
Zihni Çakır had used the following expressions in his post dated December 19:
"At the Ministry of Justice, personally in the Ministry office, ameeting took placeJust 2 days after this sincere visit, which was shared and announced by the Minister of Justice,a comprehensive investigation regarding Steven Sadettin,including drug-related charges, led to a search of Steven Sadettin's home, during which the individual was abroad...
This is whythose who hold officemust exercise maximum cautionto preserve the dignity of those positions.
Now, let's say the search conducted at Steven Sadettin's home was "clean" out; how will the public interpret this "cleanup"?out; how will the public interpret this "cleanup"?
Shortly after this meeting of Steven Sadettin,hewent abroad a shorttimelater. outthe reason for having left is that the team went to the basketball matchmatch, how many people will be convinced?"