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Turkey | 2017-10-20 | Arrest/detention/imprisonment

Five journalists for pro-Kurdish outlets detained in home raids

20 October, 2017 - Police took five journalists working for the Kurdish Jin News and Mesopotamia agencies into custody, the independent news network Bianet reported.

Those detained were Jin News editor Sibel Yükler, Jin News reporters Duygu Erol ile Habibe Eren and Mezopotamya Agency reporters Diren Yurtsever and Selman Güzelyüz.

Both agencies had started in late September, as a continuation of other news agencies shut down under Turkey’s state of emergency.

The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media expressed “deep concern” about the detentions, tweeting “Info on detention of @Jin__news journalists today is a major concern. Work of journalists and media pluralism must be protected in #Turkey.”

Date of incident: 2017-10-20 (No date was specified. This is the date of the first publication here.)

Type of incident

Legal incident

Arrest/detention/imprisonment

Source of incident

Police/state security

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Type of journalist or media actor:

Journalist/editor

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Woman

Man

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Location

EU candidate countries → Turkey → Central Anatolia Region → Ankara

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