NEWS CENTER - At least 16 journalists, including DFG Co-chair Serdar Altan and JINNEWS Director Safiye Alagaş, were detained in Diyarbakır.

 

In Diyarbakır, police raided the homes of many journalists early in the morning. Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG) Co-chair Serdar Altan, JINNEWS Director Safiye Alagaş, JINNEWS editor Gülşen Koçuk, Mesopotamia Agency (MA) editor Aziz Oruç and journalists Ömer Çelik, Suat Doğuhan, Ramazan Geciken, Berivan Karatorak, Esmer Tunç, Neşe Toprak, Zeynel Abidin Bulut, Mazlum Doğan Güler, Mehmet Şahin, Elif Üngür, İbrahim Koyuncu and Remziye Temel were taken into custody.  

 

The phones and some digital materials of the journalists detained during the raid were seized.

 

RAID JINNEWS OFFICE

 

A simultaneous raid was carried out on the JINNEWS office in Diyarbakır's Yenişehir district. Computers and hard drives, as well as some books and magazines, were also seized during the raid.

 

It is stated that the number of detentions may increase.