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    TURKISH PUBLISHER ZARAKOLU APPEARS IN COURT

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    November 1, 2011 - 10:57 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - Publisher and human rights activist Rag覺p Zarakolu
    and constitutional law professor Bu癬_ra Ersanl覺 were referred to a
    court to testify to a prosecutor following their detention during an
    operation against the Kurdish Communities Union (KCK), an umbrella
    group that encompasses the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
    and its affiliated organizations, Today's Zaman reported.

    They were taken to the Be癬_ikta癬_ Courthouse on Monday, October 31,
    along with 48 others who were detained on Friday by counterterrorism
    units of the Istanbul Police Department.

    Ersanl覺, a member of the Peace and Democracy Party's (BDP) Party
    Council and Constitution Commission, and Belge Publishing House
    representative Zarakolu were to be interrogated by a prosecutor
    following a medical examination at the courthouse.

    The KCK is being accused of attempting to establish an alternative
    state mechanism and terrorizing locals in the country's predominantly
    Kurdish areas. Most of the accused face charges of membership of
    and/or aiding and abetting a terrorist group. The investigation
    into its activities is being conducted by Istanbul Public Prosecutor
    Adnan Cimen.

    The accusations leveled against Zarakolu and Ersanl覺 were still
    unclear as of Monday.

    The Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Confederation of
    Pubic Sector Trade Unions (KESK) held a joint protest against the
    detentions. A group of about 40 people, members and representatives of
    the CHP and KESK, gathered in front of the Be癬_ikta癬_ Courthouse. CHP
    Istanbul branch President Oguz Kaan Sal覺c覺 also joined the protest.

    The group unfurled banners reading, "Enough is enough," and chanted
    anti-government slogans.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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