Reporters Without Borders has called on the Constitutional Court to release Can Dündar and Erdem Gül who are under arrest for a month due to their report on the trucks of the Turkish National Security Organization.
An additional 24 hours of detention period has been requested for JİNHA journalist Beritan Canözer who had been taken into custody while following up news in Diyarbakır.
The book by journalist Tatari “Grandma, I was not really in Diyarbakır” and Cemal’s books “Delila, A Young Woman Guerilla’s Mountain Diaries” and “Kurdistan Diaries in the Solution Process” have been ordered to be pulled off the shelves. Ahmet Işık has also been sentenced to a punitive fine of 1,232 euros for having defamed Binali Yıldırım, Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication.
Statements made separately by IPI Turkey, Press Council, DİSK Press Labor, TGS and TGC, TGF and TYS have reacted against arrest of Can Dündar and Erdem Gül.
