Turkey's Cumhuriyet newspaper said Saturday that a court ordered that its chief editor and eight senior staff be jailed pending trial, prompting a call for an emergency meeting by Turkey's main opposition party. The crackdown on the left-leaning and pro-secular newspaper prompted criticism from opposition groups, with the main opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, calling an emergency meeting for the evening. CHP Chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu told reporters the arrests were "unacceptable" and dismissed government claims that the judiciary was acting independently. On Friday, authorities arrested the two co-chairs of Turkey's pro-Kurdish political party and several other party lawmakers for alleged ties to Kurdish militants. Demirtas, fellow co-chair Figen Yuksekdag and seven other lawmakers were formally put under arrest pending trial.

Source: Fox News November 05, 2016 14:55 UTC