Turkish justice on Friday (May 13th) ordered the arrest of one of the co-founders of the opposition Deva party, Metin Gürcan, released the day before after six months in detention, local media reported.
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Metin Gürcan, one of the figures of the Party of Democracy and Progress (Deva), was arrested in November and remained, until Thursday, detained for "
political and military espionage
".
Prosecutors notably accused him of sharing classified information during meetings with foreign diplomats.
He was released on Thursday under judicial supervision and left Ankara prison as soon as the court decision was known, in the middle of the night, awaited by his lawyers and his family, according to the official Anadolu agency.
According to the Hürriyet newspaper, the prosecutor opposed his release and an Ankara criminal court ordered his arrest again.
Metin Gürcan was arrested and returned directly to prison.
Last year, Metin Gürcan criticized the rapprochement between Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, believing that Ankara would be forced to make concessions in exchange for Emirati investments.
Similarly, businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala, sentenced last month to life in prison, was first released, arrested and then released in October 2017 and reincarcerated the same day, even before he could go to his house.
