Three of four Vice News were detained and arrested in Diyarbakır province, Vice News reacted to the arrests. Lawyer Tahir Elçi said journalists were arrested and investigated with notice.
According to Twitter Transparency Report, in the first six months of 2015, 408 out of 442 content removal requests by court decision came from Turkey; 125 twitter accounts were suspended, 1667 tweets were removed.
Public Prosecutor of İstanbul drafted an indictment against 18 journalists from 9 newspapers for “propagandizing of a terrorist organization” and demanded journalists to be sentenced to 1.5 to 7.5 years in prison.
İstanbul 3rd Administrative Court convicted the Ministry of the Interior to compensate with 825 euro the photo-journalist Mehmet Kaçmaz, injured by a rubber bullet fired by police during Gezi Park Resistance.
Milliyet Daily dismissed journalist Kadri Gürsel for his criticism after Suruç Explosion. Newspaper announced the decision from its website with signature of “Human Resources Management”.
