Number of detainee journalists increases

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  • 13:20 23 April 2024
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NEWS CENTER - The number of journalists detained in the operation against Free Press workers in Istanbul and Ankara increased to 9.

 
The number of detentions increased in the detention operations carried out against Free Press workers in Istanbul and Ankara this morning. During house raids in Istanbul, Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporter Esra Solin Dal, Yeni Yaşam Newspaper employee Enes Sezgin and Free Press workers Saliha Aras, Yeşim Alici, Beste Argat Balcı, Sirin Ermiş and journalist Erdoğan Alayumat were detained.
 
MA reporter Mehmet Aslan was detained in the house raid in Ankara, and former MA reporter Doğan Kaynak was detained in the house raid in Riha (Urfa).
 
There is a detention warrant for 3 people, 2 of whom are journalists.