OdaTV Editor-In-Chief Barış Pehlivan, Yeniçağ Daily writer Murat Ağırel, Yeni Yaşam Daily’s Managing Editor Aydın Keser and Editor-In-Chief Ferhat Çelik were arrested due to their news on the funeral of a Turkish Intelligence Agency officer, who died in Libya. Thus, right journalists were imprisoned in the past week. OdaTV News Director Barış Terkoğlu and reporter Hülya Kılınç have previously been arrested due to the related news. Journalist-writer Alptekin Dursunoğlyu and R+udav TV reporter Rawin Sterk have been arrested as well, due to their social media posts. There are 102 journalists and media workers in Turkish prisons, according to the data by the Media and Legal Studies Association. Please click here for the full list.
09.03.2020
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