"As you can see, the structure of ISIS, that is, the TSK-SMO structure, has made small gains in areas controlled by the Kurds," journalist Özlem Gürses, who was detained after these words, was placed under house arrest. REACTION FROM ÖZGÜR ÖZELCHP leader Özgür Özel reacted to the decision with a post on his social media account, stating, "The court's decision based on a fragmented sentence is not only an act of oppression against a female journalist for the sake of tension and polarization but also a disgrace for our country in terms of human rights violations and pressures on the press, once again making us a laughingstock in front of the world. You did this to Turkey. SHAME ON YOU!!!" Özel used the following expressions in his post: "The detention order for journalist Özlem Gürses and her being held in Ankara while going to receive an award and then brought to Istanbul was already a disgraceful situation. Now, house arrest... It is a complete failure of reason, conscience, and law. The court's decision based on a fragmented sentence is not only an act of oppression against a female journalist for the sake of tension and polarization but also a disgrace for our country in terms of human rights violations and pressures on the press, once again making us a laughingstock in front of the world. You did this to Turkey. SHAME ON YOU!!!" WHAT HAPPENED?Journalist Özlem Gürses, while evaluating the changing map of Syria before and after the fall of Bashar al-Assad during a live broadcast on her YouTube channel, stated, "As you can see, the structure of ISIS; that is, the TSK-SMO, has made small gains in some areas controlled by the Kurds." Gürses' statements drew reactions. After her detention, Gürses defended herself in her statement at the police station, saying, "It was a slip of the tongue. It was not a consciously used expression."
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