Journalists will no longer be allowed to enter police departments, a statement released from the Turkish police has said.
“Members of the press will not be allowed to the Police Departments all over Turkey as of Dec. 22, 2013,” a statement read. “Journalists will be invited in the event of a press statement or such development. We ask press members who use the press rooms at the Vatan and Gayrettepe Police Departments [in Istanbul] to return their keys and entrance cards.”
The move came amid a reshuffle in the police organization that saw more than 100 police chiefs being removed from their posts, which followed a gripping graft investigation. Two sons of ministers have been arrested as part of the probe.
December/22/2013