Turkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's latest effort to curb free speech and seize control of media in Turkey has been successful when parliament members passed a law that allows a government agency to shutter websites without a court order on late Wednesday, a Wall Street Journal report said.
Turkish police on Sunday detained a man, authorities identified only as Ziya T, wanted for the killing of a 33-year old Staten Island mother, Sarai Sierra, in Istanbul.
According to published reports, and revealed in the New York Post, the Istanbul Internet pal of Sarai Sierra, the Staten Island woman who was first reported missing, then later killed while on a trip to Turkey, claims he had a tryst with her before her murder.
Turkish authorities finished an autopsy on Monday of Staten Island woman, Sarai Sierra, who was found dead in Istanbul on Saturday. Police say she suffered a blow to the head, leading to her death.
