NewsSeptember 11, 2002
Man arrested after alleged cyber-threats
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkish police arrested a man Wednesday for sending threatening e-mails to President Bush and other top U.S. officials that warned they would "choke in flames." Ahmet Burak Ceylan, 27, a translator at an Istanbul computer company, was charged with committing a crime against a foreign dignitary, officials reported. He was freed pending trial...
The Associated Press
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkish police arrested a man Wednesday for sending threatening e-mails to President Bush and other top U.S. officials that warned they would "choke in flames."
Ahmet Burak Ceylan, 27, a translator at an Istanbul computer company, was charged with committing a crime against a foreign dignitary, officials reported. He was freed pending trial.
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of his trial.
Istanbul prosecutors and the U.S. Embassy confirmed the arrest, though they refused to provide information on the contents of the e-mails.
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