Wife of Turkish Opposition MP Detained on Espionage Allegation Amid Fund Scandal Row - Stockholm Center for Freedom
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Wife of Turkish opposition MP detained on espionage allegation amid fund scandal row - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Turkish police on Tuesday detained the wife of opposition lawmaker Ahmet Şık on suspicion of having committed espionage, prompting his party to accuse the government of targeting his family to silence his questions about a multibillion-dollar investment fund scandal, the BirGün daily reported. Yonca Verdioğlu Şık was taken from her home in İstanbul’s Beyoğlu district […]
Breaking news... Yonca Verdioğlu Şık, wife of TİP (Workers' Party of Turkey) Istanbul MP Ahmet Şık, was detained from her home in Beyoğlu and taken to the Istanbul Courthouse as part of an investigation into "political or military espionage." TİP reacted to the detention, addressing the government with the words, "You will go, we will stay."
Yonca Verdioğlu Şık, the wife of Ahmet Şık, a member of parliament for Istanbul from the Workers' Party of Türkiye (TİP), was detained on charges of "political or military espionage."
Bülent Kaya, Deputy Group Leader of the New Path Party, criticized the tone of Justice Minister Akın Gürlek and warned AK Party deputies to stop using the judiciary as a weapon. Kaya stated that Ahmet Şık's wife was detained and kept waiting in the corridors of the prosecutor's office.
Wife of Turkish opposition MP detained on espionage allegation amid fund scandal row - Turkish Minute
Turkish police on Tuesday detained the wife of opposition lawmaker Ahmet Şık on suspicion of having committed espionage, prompting his party to accuse the government of targeting his family to silence his questions about a multibillion-dollar investment fund scandal, the BirGün daily reported. Yonca Verdioğlu Şık was taken from her home in İstanbul’s Beyoğlu district […]
BOLD - Yonca Verdioğlu Şık, the wife of Ahmet Şık, the Deputy Chairman of the Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP) and Istanbul Member of Parliament, was detained by police teams who came to her home in Istanbul on November 10th. Police officers who arrived at her home in Beyoğlu informed her that there was an ongoing investigation by the Public Prosecutor's Office against Yonca Verdioğlu Şık. Following a health check, Şık was taken to give her statem…
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