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Famous Turkish journalist arrested over espionage

29 March 2014 08:03 (UTC +04:00)

Baku – APA. Famous journalist and author Önder Aytaç has been arrested as a result of the investigation launched over the leak of audio recording of the confidential meeting on Syria held at the Turkish Foreign Ministry. Former policeman Önder Aytaç, who has close relations with Fethullah Gulen’s community, has been detained in Ankara.

In his speech on “Samanyolu” TV channel on March 26, Aytaç said that the Turkish government is preparing to launch military intervention in Syria on the eve of the elections. Soon after this speech, the secret audio recording leaked to the Internet. In the leaked audio recording, Foreign Minister Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu, Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun SinirlioÄŸlu, National Intelligence Organization (MÄ°T) head Hakan Fidan and Deputy Chief of General Staff Gen. YaÅŸar Güler are discussing to find a reason for military intervention in Syria. In the recording, Fidan is saying that he can launch a rocket from Syria to the territory of Turkey and organize an attack to the Suleyman Shah tomb in Syria. (Suleyman Shah was a grandfather of Osman Gazi, the founder of the Ottoman state. The place in Syria, where he was buried, is regarded as the territory of Turkey, and is protected by Turkish soldiers).