Evrensel Daily’s Dersim Correspondent Kemal Özer Arrested
Evrensel daily’s Dersim Correspondent Kemal Özer who was stopped by police at a search point on the Ovacık-Dersim road on September 4 and was taken into custody has now been arrested.
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Evrensel daily's Dersim Correspondent Kemal Özer who was taken into custody on September 4, has now been arrested. Özer was referred to court for arrest after the procedures before the Prosecutor's office were completed today (September 15).
The court has decided that Özer be arrested on the charge of "being a member of a terrorist organization".
Kemal Özer was stopped by police at a search point on the Ovacık-Dersim road in the predominantly Kurdish Dersim province in eastern Turkey on September 4 and was later taken into custody. His seven-day detention was extended for seven more days later. (HK/DG)
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