Journalist Alptekin Dursunoğlu remanded in custody 2020-03-02 10:06:48 İSTANBUL - Editor in Chief of the Near East News Site was remanded in custody. Journalist Alptekin Dursunoğlu, who was detained within the scope of the investigations about social media posts after the attack against the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in İdlib, was arrested. Lawyer Kemal Aytaç wrote in his statement on his Twitter account that Dursunoğlu was accused of "referring the people to hatred and hostility". Dursunoğlu made the announcement yesterday from his Twitter account saying, "I am being detained right now."