JUST IN: Journalist Ahmet Şık says detained ‘over tweet’

Turkish journalist Ahmet Şık tweeted early on Thursday morning he was being detained by a group of police officers “for a tweet” he posted.

Şık previously came to public attention after he was arrested on March 6 under allegations of membership of the Ergenekon terrorist organization, a clandestine network charged with the attempt to topple the government.

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