Turkish authorities on Thursday issued arrest warrants for two historians accused of insulting the memory of Turkeys modern founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in a televised debate and social media.
A court in the Istanbul district of Bakirkoy approved a prosecutors' request for the arrest warrants targeting Suleyman Yesilyurt and Hasan Akar for "insulting the memory of Ataturk" and "inciting hatred and enmity", the state-run Anadolu news agency said.