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• ANF statement about the cyber attack on the agency 

  Cyber attacks on our agency have intensified after we published a video footage from the moment two high ranking MİT officials were captured by HPG.
• Turkey bans two Kurdish news websites 

  Turkish administration suspended access to the websites of the Mezopotamya News Agency and Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper.
• Journalist Aslan detained after release from prison 

  Journalist Arif Aslan, whose recent release from prison was appealed against by a prosecutor, has been re-detained and taken to police department.
• Journalist Kaya jailed 

  Abdullah Kaya, a reporter for Dicle News Agency (DİHA) that was shut down with a statutory decree, has been jailed.
• 39-year prison sentence sought for three journalists 

  Diyarbakir Prosecutor’s Office demanded 39-year prison sentence for three journalists for their reports about clashes between the Turkish army and YPS in Idil, a district of Sirnak province.
• Journalist sentenced for calling Ankara bombing a massacre 

  Journalist Mehmet Ali Ertaş has received prison sentence for calling Ankara bombing of 10 October 2015 a “massacre”.
• CPJ: Kurdish authorities should stop harassing media outlets 

  The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the closure of an independent television broadcaster by the Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq, and attacks on journalists covering anti-austerity protests held in the same region.
• Another Kurdish reporter taken into custody 

  Seda Taşkın, a reporter for Mezopotamya News Agency, was taken into custody in Muş province.
• Investigation against journalists asking about Öcalan 

  Investigations have been launched against journalists Bilal Güldem and Zuhal Atlan for their questions about Öcalan.
• RSF: Turkey is the biggest prison for journalists 

  With 42 reporters and one media worker behind bars Turkey is the world’s biggest prisons for journalists, Reporters Without Borders said.
• Journalist Meşale Tolu and 5 other prisoners released 

  ETHA reporter Meşale Tolu and five other prisoners have been released on condition of travel ban and judicial control.
• Turkey demands 15-year prison sentences for Kurdish journalists 

  A Turkish court accepted an indictment against two Kurdish journalists which demands 15-year prison sentences for each.
• Kurdish journalist sentenced to 8 years and 9 months in prison 

  Journalist Nedim Türfent received threats of execution during the period of the curfews and has been in prison for 19 months for his journalistic activity in Gever. He has been sentenced to 8 years and 9 months in prison.
• ÖGİ: 168 journalists behind bars in Turkey 

  Free Journalists Initiative stated that 168 journalists are imprisoned and 7 in custody, while 28 other journalists and one news agency have been sued in the month of November.
• 100.000 Lira fine for Keskin and Çapan 

  Özgür Gündem Co-Editor Eren Keskin and Editor in Chief Reyhan Çapan received a 100.000 Lira fine.
• Two journalists released after 8 months in prison 

  Journalists Selman Keleş and Arif Aslan, who had been jailed in March, have been released.
• Turkey sentences two journalists to ten months in prison 

  A Turkish court sentenced two journalists to ten months in prison for publishing a statement of KCK.
• Up to 15-year jail term sought for 24 Kurdish journalists 

  Up to 15-year prison sentence is sought for 24 journalists who were detained during a raid on Kurdish daily Azadiya Welat last year.
• Swedish police raid on Aryen TV studios in Stockholm 

  The Swedish Police has raided the studios of Aryen TV, broadcasting content geared towards Eastern Kurdistan. Searches in the network’s offices continue.
• Swiss “Freethinker Prize” goes to Kurdish journalist Zehra Doğan 

  The Swiss Freethinker Association ‘Frei Denken’ bestowed this year’s "Freethinker Prize" to jailed Kurdish journalist Zehra Doğan and Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad.
• Twitter blocks access to ANF’s Twitter account in Turkey 

  Twitter has blocked access to the official account of ANF Turkish service in Turkey.
• Journalists Kızılkaya and Sancılı released 

  Journalists İnan Kızılkaya and Kemal Sancılı, who were on remand in the Özgür Gündem case, have been released from prison.
• Journalists rally in Istanbul for colleagues behind bars 

  Journalists staged a march hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder demanding the release of their jailed colleagues, with the support of HDP and CHP members of the parliament in the very forefront.
• Journalist Zeynep Kuray taken into custody 

  Journalist Zeynep Kuray has been detained as result of a house raid in Istanbul Wednesday night.
• Several journalists detained in Ankara 

  Several journalists have been detained in early morning house raids in Ankara.