by TurkeyPurge | Oct 24, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish court, on Tuesday, released Ömer Çelik , from the pro-Kurdish news agency DIHA, pending trial while ruling to keep the other two journalists in the same trial, Tunca Öğreten and Mahir Kanaat in detention on remand. The three are among six journalists who...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An indictment of six journalists –Derya Okatan, Eray Sargın, Metin Yoksu, Mahir Kanaat, Tunca Öğreten and Ömer Çelik– has revealed that Twitter follow lists can be considered evidence of membership in a terrorist organization, the t24 news website reported...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 25, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
As a government-led crackdown on critical media outlets in the country continues at full speed, Turkish police teams on Sunday detained five more journalists during simultaneous raids in İstanbul and Diyarbakır. Pro-Kurdish Dicle news agency (DİHA) news manager Ömer...
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