The Turkish authorities placed a Muslim Brotherhood broadcaster under house arrest, in preparation for his deportation outside its territory, after they detained him because of his incitement against Egypt and after his involvement in providing information affecting Turkish security to foreign parties was proven.
Sources revealed to Al-Arabiya.net that the Turkish authorities have placed the journalist and broadcaster Hossam Al-Ghamry under house arrest, in preparation for his deportation outside the country, after having detained him since last November in Agri prison in Agri state, which is located near the Iranian border.
She added that the journalist was accused of being involved in leaking sensitive information affecting Turkish national security to foreign parties, and it was also proven that he was involved in incitement against Egypt and calling for a popular movement.
Ankara detained Al-Ghamry after repeating his call on his social media page to incite against Egypt, and to call for what the Brotherhood described as the revolutionary movement in Egypt last November, and then released him after the intervention of the Brotherhood leader Saif Abdel-Fattah, the former advisor to the late President Mohamed Morsi.
Immediately after Al-Ghamry was released from detention, he continued his incitement against Egypt and did not comply with Turkish instructions, forcing it to re-detain him.
The sources announced that the Brotherhood journalist had gone on hunger strike inside prison in order to release him. After mediation, it was decided to remove him and place him under house arrest in one of Istanbul’s headquarters, in preparation for his deportation to a European country.
The Turkish authorities had previously suspended the “Vision” program presented by Al-Ghamry on Al-Sharq TV in Istanbul, because of his insult to Egypt and the late Field Marshal Muhammad Hussein Tantawi, former head of the Military Council, and threatened to deport him in case of violation.
It is noteworthy that in March of the year before last, the Turkish authorities requested Restricting Brotherhood satellite channels Which broadcasts from Istanbul and to prevent its criticism of Egypt, and it also decided to stop the programs of a number of Brotherhood broadcasters, namely: Moataz Matar, Muhammad Nasser, Hamza Zobaa, the artist Hisham Abdullah and Haitham Abu Khalil, and warned them against violating its instructions.
In March of last year, Turkey announced the resumption of its diplomatic contacts with Egypt, and directed the Brotherhood media operating on its territory to soften the tone towards Cairo.
