Turkish rescue group founder jailed over post questioning official account of 2016 coup attempt

Turkey on Friday arrested Nasuh Mahruki, the founder and former president of search-and-rescue group AKUT, over a social media post alleging that authorities knowingly allowed a 2016 coup attempt to proceed. An İstanbul court ordered Mahruki’s pretrial detention on charges of “inciting the public to hatred and hostility or degrading the public” after prosecutors opened […] The post Turkish rescue group founder jailed over post questioning official account of 2016 coup attempt appeared first o...

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