5 Journalists Detained in Ankara in House Raids

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Five journalists were taken into custody in house raid carried out in the morning hours today (October 20) in Turkey's capital city of Ankara.

The journalists have reportedly been told during the raid that someone has reported them.-

Jin News Editor Sibel Yükler, Jin News reporters Duygu Erol and Habibe Eren as well as Mezopotamya Agency reporters Diren Yurtsever and Selman Güzelyüz have reportedly been taken into custody.

The houses of the journalist have also been searched by the police.

The journalists will be taken to Ankara Anti-Terror Department after their health examinations are completed.

JinNews started broadcasting in Turkish, Kurdish and English on jinnews.com.tr at the end of September 2017 like the Mezopotamya Agency. Working with woman editors and correspondents, JinNews is practicing women-oriented journalism.

15 media outlets including Turkey's first news agency JINHA, founded 2012 in Diyarbakır, a predominantly Kurdish province in south-eastern Turkey, were closed through a statutory decree issued on October 29, 2016.

Following the closure, Gazete Sûjin started its publication life in December 2016. Gazete Sûjin was also closed through a statutory decree on August 25. (ÇT/DG)