Turkish left Birgun The newspaper said on Sunday that three of its journalists were expanded, in which the authorities were accused of threatening the press.
Birgun Editor-in-Chief Ibrahim Varli wrote on X that journalists Yugur Coke and Berkent Guolekin, and his managing editor Yasar Gokmir, were all taken from their homes late on Saturday night.
Trio was expanded for several hours under the anti -terrorism law on the story associated with Istanbul’s chief prosecutor. Birgun. The report referred a journalist of pro -government publication Saba Visit of Chief Prosecutor Akin Gurlek. Paper said that Saba He had informed himself.
The anti -terrorism law in Türkiye allows prosecution of people of people engaged in anti -terrorism activities.
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Officials released journalists after appearing in court in Istanbul on Sunday. He was not formally arrested.
But both Borders (RSF) and Türkiye’s main opposition CHP party condemned the incident without media watchdog reporters.
RSF’s Errol Ooglu wrote on X, “This action is unfair on a news of ‘prosecutor fairness’.”
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Several legal investigations on similar allegations have been initiated by articles or comments about Akin Gurlec, Istanbul’s top prosecutor in recent months.
Ozgur Ozel, the anti -CHP leader, said that journalists’ custody represented “for unprecedented insults”.
Ojel alleged, “Trying to commit crime is a sign of guilt.”
Ozel has also been targeted, for “to insult a public officer” in November and “targeting persons involved in counter-terraler efforts” Was kept.
Turkish MLSA Media Rights Group said that at least 30 journalists and media workers in jail and four are under the arrest of the house in Turkey.
In 2024, the organization stated that it monitored 281 freedom of expression tests associated with 1.856 defendants, out of which 366 were journalists.
Edited by: Darko Jenjeevic
