The police statements of 9 Kurdish journalists who were taken into custody in house raids in Istanbul, Ankara and Urfa on the morning of 23 April, have been completed.

The journalists are expected to be brought to the prosecutor's office today. Journalists were asked about their social media posts, the news they made, their news sources, and their telephone conversations with other journalists.

In the house raids carried out in Istanbul on 23 April, Mezopotamya Agency (MA) journalist Esra Solin Dal, Yeni Yaşam newspaper employee Enes Sezgin, Free Media workers Saliha Aras, Yeşim Alici, Beste Argat Balcı, Şirin Ermiş and journalist Erdoğan Alayumat were taken into custody in Ankara. MA journalist Mehmet Aslan was taken into custody in a house raid in Urfa (Riha), as well as MA's former reporter Doğan Kaynak.

It was learned that journalist Erdoğan Alayumat was asked "why do you make political news" by showing him his news during the police interrogation.

According to the information received from lawyers, Alayumat was shown many of the news he wrote and asked why he wrote political news.

It was also learned that Alayumat was asked about the telephone conversations he had with news sources and other journalists.

Some of the phone calls shown as criminal elements are as follows:

- Are you coming to Newroz?

- Yes, I'm on my way, I'm coming

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-Where are you?

-I'm covering the protest on Istiklal Street

-Okay, see you

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It was learned that the journalists will be brought to the Istanbul Courthouse during the day and the prosecutor's office interrogations will begin.