T24 editor Sibel Yüksekler, Mezopotamya Agency reporters Delal Akyüz and Fırat Can Arslan, Bianet editor Evrim Kepenek and Evrim Deniz were detained during a police raid on their homes. The journalists were detained on the grounds that they “shared a social media message regarding the new positions of the married judge and prosecutor in Diyarbakır” in the announced decree.
5 journalists were detained in Turkey on 25/07/2023. Among the journalists, Delal Akyüz, Fırat Can Arslan, Sibel Yükler, Evrim Kepenek and Evrim Deniz, who were taken into custody, Fırat Can Arslan has been arrested.
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