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Constantinople: Sputnik Editor-in-Chief Arrested

Mahir Boztepe, editor-in-chief of Sputnik Turkey, has been arrested in Constantinople, reports RIA Novosti. The police took him to the general directorate of security. Turkish police arrived at the Constantinople office, demanding a meeting with the agency’s representatives. A meeting was arranged at the request of the Turkish police. Earlier, Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the RT television channel, had stated that in Ankara unknown persons had broken into the homes of three Sputnik Turkey employees, accusing them of treason against the homeland.

2 March 2020

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Պոլիս. Ձերբակալած են «Sputnik»ի գլխաւոր խմբագիրը

Mahir Boztepe, editor-in-chief of Sputnik Turkey, has been arrested in Constantinople, reports RIA Novosti.

The police took him to the general directorate of security.

Turkish police arrived at the Constantinople office, demanding a meeting with the agency’s representatives. A meeting was arranged at the request of the Turkish police.

Earlier, Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the RT television channel, had stated that in Ankara unknown persons had broken into the homes of three Sputnik Turkey employees, accusing them of treason against the homeland.