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• Journalists Sedat Yılmaz and Dicle Müftüoğlu remanded in custody 

  Journalists Sedat Yılmaz and Dicle Müftüoğlu were remanded in custody. Yılmaz said: "In ten ıays this unlawful order will be destroyed."
• Journalists Müftüoğlu and Yılmaz to appear in court today 

  17 people taken into custody on Saturday as part of the Ankara-based operation, including journalists Dicle Müftüoğlu and Sedat Yılmaz, will be transferred to the court today.
• Jailed journalists mark May Day: “Fascism will be defeated, long live Free Press!” 

  Journalists sent messages from Sincan Prison to mark May Day and said that "Fascism will be defeated, long live the Free Press."
• RSF Turkey demands prosecution of police officers who tortured journalists 

  RSF Turkey representative Erol Önderoğlu demanded the prosecution of the police officers who tortured MA editor Sedat Yılmaz and Evrensel Newspaper journalist Eylem Nazlier.
• Reporters Müftüoğlu and Yılmaz call on colleagues to defend journalism 

  Journalists Dicle Müftüoğlu and Sedat Yılmaz were taken into custody in the Ankara-based police political operation on Friday. They called on colleagues to defend journalism.
• Journalists detained in Amed taken to Ankara 

  Detained in Amed, DFG co-chair Dicle Müftüoğlu and MA editor Sedat Yılmaz were taken to Ankara.
• Kurdish PEN Center condemns arrests of journalists and artists in North Kurdistan 

  The Kurdish PEN Center issued a statement to condemn the arrests of journalists and artists in North Kurdistan.
• Six women journalists taken into custody on Saturday evening released 

  Six women journalists who were taken into custody on Saturday evening while protesting the detention of their colleagues last week, were released.
• More journalists taken into custody 

  As part of our Ankara-based political genocide operation, houses were raided in some cities. Many people, including DFG co-chair Dicle Müftüoğlu and MA editor Sedat Yılmaz, were taken into custody.
• Journalist Gök jailed in Amed: Fascism will be defeated 

  Mesopotamia News Agency (MA) editor Abdurrahman Gök is among the four journalists who have been sent to prison in Amed (Diyarbakır) today after two days in custody.
• Four of the ten journalists in custody sent to prison 

  Journalists Beritan Canözer, Abdurrahman Gök, Mehmet Şah Oruç and Remzi Akkaya have been sent to prison.
• CPJ calls for the release of Kurdish journalists 

  Turkish authorities should release all recently detained journalists held in retaliation for their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said in a statement.
• Journalists’ associations condemn detentions: “You cannot silence us!” 

  The Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG) and the Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform (MKGP) condemned the Diyarbakır-based operation, in which dozens of politicians, journalists and artists were taken into custody this morning.
• 10 journalists detained in Amed-based operation 

  About 150 people from the press and culture, lawyers and politicians have been detained in an Amed-based operation in 21 provinces today.
• YRA celebrates Kurdish Journalism Day 

  22 April, the date on which the first issue of the Kurdistan newspaper was published, in 1898, is celebrated as Kurdish Journalism Day.
• Today is Kurdish Journalism Day 

  22 April, the date on which the first issue of the Kurdistan newspaper was published, in 1898, is celebrated as Kurdish Journalists Day.
• Journalists Çoban and Güleş sentenced to prison 

  Journalists İsmail Çoban, Editor-in-Chief of the Kurdish-language newspaper Azadiya Welat, and MA correspondent Mehmet Güleş have been sentenced to more than three years in prison.
• Court keeps Kurdish journalists in prison 

  A court decided to keep 16 Kurdish journalists, who were arrested in Amed (Diyarbakır) last June, in prison and to hold the first hearing on July 11.
• Journalist faces investigation over report on execution of a civilian in Mardin 

  The Turkish army extralegally executed a civilian in Mardin a week ago. Kurdish journalist Ahmet Kanbal who reported on the case faces an investigation.
• CPJ calls on Turkish authorities to 'immediately release all imprisoned journalists' 

  The Committee to Protect Journalists said that the "Turkish authorities must immediately release all imprisoned members of the press and stop prosecuting journalists who cover Kurdish issues."
• Court accepts indictment against jailed journalists in Amed 

  The Diyarbakır 4th High Criminal Court accepted the indictment against journalists imprisoned in Amed. A total of 22 people are accused of being members of the PKK.
• Prison sentence sought for Kurdish journalist İsmail Çoban 

  İsmail Çoban, Editor-in-Chief of the closed Azadiya Welat newspaper, faces prison sentence for alleged propaganda for a terrorist organization.
• DFG releases report on violations against journalists in March 

  The Dicle Fırat Journalists Association reported that 8 journalists were attacked, 16 others were detained, one journalist was jailed, and 330 news were blocked in March.
• YouTube closes Med Music TV channel without any explanation 

  According to a written statement made on behalf of the broadcast management, the YouTube TV channel was closed without any explanation.
• Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office completes indictment against 20 journalists  

  After 9 months and 10 days, Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office completed its investigation against 22 people, 20 of them journalists, and prepared the indictment.