On Thursday (11 December), four people, including the well-known television journalist and media executive Mehmet Akif Ersoy, were arrested. Ersoy, arrested on allegations of drug use and prostitution, had previously served as editor-in-chief of Habertürk TV, a broadcaster regarded as a pro-government outlet. Ersoy called his arrest a “political operation”, which some politicians and journalists say may well be the case. Turkish journalist arrested for drugs says it’s political Medyascope