Istanbul, August 25 — Highly accomplished Turkish writer who was detained and jailed earlier this month during police raid on Ozgur Gundem newspaper for which she was a columnist reports being abused while in prison.
They are treating me in a way that will leave permanent damage on my body,
she told daily Cumhuriyet through her lawyer, Nesrullah Oğuz, — reports Hurriyetdailynews.
Several days ago on August 22nd Istanbul court issued arrest warrants for the Editor-in-Chief and managing editor of Ozgur Gundem newspaper on “charges of being members of a terrorist group”, reports Hurriyetdailynews (another article).
Istanbul classifies the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) as a terrorist organization and is banned. Looking over at Wikipedia description of PKK their history is very interesting and worth becoming familiar with.
NATO classifies PKK as a terrorist organization.
US State Department classifies PKK as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), click on the link to see the complete list.
Read full article about condition of Asli Erdogan at Hurriyetdailynews,
Read full article about further arrests of Ozgur Gundem newspaper members at Hurriyetdailynews,
Read about Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) on Wikipedia.