Police raid houses of Cumhuriyet journalists, detain editor-in-chief

Turkish police have detained the editor-in-chief of daily Cumhuriyet, state media reported early on Oct. 31, while CNN Türk reported that 13 warrants have been issued for the newspaper's journalists and executives.  

Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu was detained while authorities also raided the houses of Executive Board Chairman Akın Atalay and writer Güray Öz, state-run Anadolu Agency said.

Öz was detained in the raid, Cumhuriyet said.

Authorities sent out a notice to apprehend Atalay because he is currently overseas. A similar notice was issued for former Editor-in-Chief Can Dündar, who went abroad following a conviction in a case related to the alleged transfer of weapons by Turkey's intelligence services to rebels in Syria.

The daily also said the homes of writer Hikmet Çetinkaya and caricaturist Musa Kart were currently being searched.