3 of detained 5 journalists released

  • 17:18 21 October 2017
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ANKARA- Journalists Sibel Yükler, Diren Yurtsever and Selman Güzelyüz have been released after being questioned.

An operation against journalists was carried out yesterday morning in Ankara, saying that there are “complaints” against them. Many journalists, including our editor Sibel Yükler, our reporters Duygu Erol and Habibe Eren and Mesopotamya Ajansı (Mesopotamia Agency) reporters Diren Yurtsever and Selman Güzelyüz, were taken into custody after the house raids.

Today, our editor Sibel Yükler and Mesopotamia Agency reporters Diren Yurtsever and Selman Güzelyüz have been released after being questioned.

Our reporters Duygu Erol and Habibe Eren, who have been held in Anti-Terror Branch (TEM) in Ankara, are expected to be sent to courthouse on Monday.