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Police Urge Crowd Standing Vigil In Front Of İstanbul Courthouse To Leave

20.12.2014 17:30

Riot police have told thousands of people who have been standing vigil in front of the Çağlayan Courthouse to show support for several journalists and police officers detained in a government-backed police operation on Sunday to leave the square.Authorities on Saturday stepped up security measures around.

Riot police have told thousands of people who have been standing vigil in front of the Çağlayan Courthouse to show support for several journalists and police officers detained in a government-backed police operation on Sunday to leave the square.

Authorities on Saturday stepped up security measures around the courthouse, positioning hundreds of riot police and panzers near the courthouse. Police chiefs warned the crowd to leave the area immediately. The people, who have been protesting the police operation silently with prayers, have not left the area yet. Police reportedly threatened to intervene with panzers if protesters refuse to leave the area.

Thousands of people have flocked to the courthouse since Sunday, when Ekrem Dumanlı, editor-in-chief of Zaman, one of the best-selling newspapers in the country, and the head of the STV network, Hidayet Karaca, were detained after a police raid. Along with these two journalists, who are top representatives of the Hizmet movement inspired by the teaching of US-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who has been targeted by the governing Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and accused by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of committing a coup d'état in Turkey, a total of 31 people, including media figures and former police chiefs who carried out operations in various provinces were detained. Human rights organizations and international bodies regard the raid on media groups and figures as a wider crackdown on freedom of speech in Turkey. The Sunday operation came days before the anniversary of a graft probe launched on Dec. 17 last year exposing that the country's then-prime minister Erdoğan and the people close to his inner circles were involved in corruption.
Karaca and three others were arrested on Friday while the rest were released pending trial.(Cihan/Today’s Zaman)

SHOT LIST
Saturday, December 20, 2014 SOURCE CİHAN
-Var of the crowd
-Var of people carrying Turkish flags
-A warning call is being made to crowd from the police car
-Var of riot police taking position
-Crowd applauds the police who warn them
-A father in the crowd is clearing off the rubbish from the square
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