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• Eutelsat defies court order 

  Eutelsat defies the court order that favored Med Nuçe and Newroz TV, whose broadcast had illegally been ended recently.
• ANF journalist Ali Barış Kurt sentenced to 2 years in prison 

  Journalist Ali Barış Kurt was sentenced to 2 years in prison during the court hearing in Ankara. Lawyer Kaleli stated that the case has been prepared illegally and the decision was unlawful.
• Med Nuçe and Newroz TV won, Eutelsat and Turkey lost 

  Paris Commercial Court ruled in favor of Med Nuçe whose broadcast had been halted by the French operator Eutelsat. Med Nuçe’s lawyer said it was “a great victory in the name of press freedom”.
• Özgür Gündem columnist İba detained 

  Şaban İba, a columnist of the Özgür Gündem newspaper that was recently shut down, has been detained in Balıkesir.
• Paris Court orders Eutelsat to resume the broadcast of Newroz TV 

  Paris Commercial Court has announced the verdict in the case on the closure of Newroz TV, ordering Eutelsat to resume the Kurdish channel's broadcast.
• Azadiya Welat reporter detained in Amed 

  A reporter for the Kurdish daily Azadiya Welat, which was recently closed with a decree, has been taken into custody in the mainly Kurdish city of Amed.
• Erdoğan among the leading press freedom predators on RSF list 

  RSF listed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan among the leading freedom of press predators, and described his attack technique as "aggressive dictatorship under a veneer of democracy".
• Twitter account of Women's News Agency, JINHA, hacked 

  The Twitter account of Women's News Agency, JINHA, has been hacked after the closure of the news agency with an emergency decree last week.
• DİHA central bureau in Çukurova raided to be sealed 

  The DIHA central bureau in Çukurova region has been raided by police and tax assessors.
• Joint statement by JINHA, DİHA, Evrensel Kültür and Tiroj 

  Employees of JINHA, DİHA, Evrensel Kültür and Tiroj, the media organizations that were closed down after the latest emergency decree, held a joint press conference and stated that they will continue to do journalism despite the increasing pressures.
• DIHA office in Ağrı raided by police 

  The DIHA office in Ağrı province was raided by police and tax assessors Monday evening.
• Operation on Turkish daily Cumhuriyet executives and journalists 

  Police forces have raided the houses of journalists for the Turkish daily Cumhuriyet. Reports suggest that 13 executives and journalists of the newspaper are to be detained as part of the operation.
• Dicle News Agency: We will not remain silent 

  Dicle News Agency, among the major media outlets recently shut down in Turkey, said: “We will keep “freedom of information” for public over everything. We will share all truth we reach with the people in every way and every method possible”.
• Police raid on DİHA central bureau 

  Police officers and treasury units raided the DİHA central bureau in Amed.
• Prestij newspaper also sealed 

  After the latest emergency decrees, police officers raided and sealed the office of Prestij newspaper in Van.
• KJA: Their resistance is our resistance 

  Free Women's Congress (KJA) condemned the closure of JINHA and other free press organizations, and said "the resistance of JINHA and other free press organizations is our resistance."
• Police raid on the sealed Özgür Gündem building 

  Police and treasury units raided the Özgür Gündem building in İstanbul, which had already been sealed. After yesterday’s emergency decree, the items in the newspaper’s building will be recorded and the building will be re-sealed.
• Police raid on Azadiya Welat building 

  Police officers and treasury units raided the building of Azadiya Welat, which had been closed down with the latest emergency decree, in Amed.
• Police officers seal JINHA 

  After its closure with the recent emergency decrees, Women’s News Agency (JINHA) was sealed during last night’s police raid.
• Another coup on free press in Turkey 

  The ruling AKP government of Turkey has staged another coup on free press.
• MEPs urge the Turkish government to set press free 

  "Release journalists being held without compelling evidence of criminal activity", members of the European Parliament urged the Turkish authorities in a resolution voted on Thursday.
• Court decision on Med Nuçe case to be announced on November 14 

  The hearing on Med Nuçe TV, the broadcast of which had been stopped by Eutelsat, in Paris Commercial Court was postponed to November 14.
• Eutelsat protested in Stockholm 

  Eutelsat, the company that complied with Turkey’s order to end the broadcast of Med Nûçe TV and Newroz TV, was protested in the Swedish capital Stockholm.
• Med Nuçe banners hanged on Eutelsat building in Paris 

  On the third day of Eutelsat protests in French capital Paris, protesters hanged Med Nuçe banners on the Eutelsat building’s walls. The activists called on Eutelsat to reverse the decision to stop the broadcast of Kurdish televisions.
• Demonstration against Eutelsat-AKP collaboration in Cologne and Munich 

  The tent watch launched by Kurds in Cologne and Munich to protest Eutelsat continues.