Baris Pehlivan's new book accuses Turkey's last interior minister of having links with organized crime.
Even in a country which regularly holds the world record for jailing journalists, the case of Turkish investigative reporterPehlivan, whose latest book accused Turkey's last interior minister of having links with organized crime, is about to be locked up for the fifth time in three years.
The journalist said he was informed by the Turkish justice ministry on August 2 that he had to turn himself in at the Marmara Detention Centre, formerly known as Silivri prison, where many of the critics of Turkey's government are held, on August 15. While his death has never been denied by the Turkish authorities, the reporters were charged with revealing"state secrets."
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