Özgür Gündem columnist İba detained
Şaban İba, a columnist of the Özgür Gündem newspaper that was recently shut down, has been detained in Balıkesir.
Gendarme officers raided the house of Özgür Gündem columnist Şaban İba and artist Nihat Sönmez in Balıkesir’s Edremit district.
Accused of having "membership in an organization" and detained, İba was taken to the District Gendarme Command in Edremit.
Nihat Sönmez was reported to not be in his house during the raid.
