Istanbul Bilgi University NGO Education and Research Unit employee Yiğit Aksakoğlu, from the academics and NGO workers taken into custody within the operation related to Anadolu Kültür Inc. Executive Board Chairman Osman Kavala’s arrest, was arrested. 13 people, including Prof. Dr. Betül Tanbay and Prof. Dr. Turgut Tarhanlı, were released with judicial measures. There are warrants against six more people within the file.
Istanbul Security Directorate has previously made an announcement on the investigation and the rights advocates were claimed to have “organized and financed the Gezi Park protests” as well as behaved in a hierarchic order with Kavala.
Journalist Kemal Göktaş indicated that Aksakoğlu was arrested due to ‘attempting to overthrow or to prevent the duties of the government of the Republic of Turkey’ and that the reason for his arrest was his presence in meetings organized after the Gezi Park protests. The content of the meetings are not indicated in the investigation file. However, the judicature issued Aksakoğlu’s arrest due to the meetings’ context being on “civil disobedience and nonviolent protests.” Thus, meetings on civil disobedience and nonviolent protests were made reasons for the charge.
19.11.2018
diken.com.tr