Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG), Mesopotamia Women Journalists Association (MKG) and DİSK Basın-İş promoted a demonstration at Şişhane Square in Istanbul to make a press statement for Kurdish journalists Nazım Daştan and Cihan Bilgin who were killed by Turkish drones in Rojava on Thursday. Representatives of many political parties and civil society organisations took part in the action.

While the police blockaded the area, the crowd protested the obstruction, chanting “Free press cannot be silenced”. A number of people were taken into custody during the crackdown.

The detained journalists are as follows: Rozerin Gültekin, Ferhat Sezgin, Melik Çelik, Pınar Gayıp, Enes Sezgin, Osman Akın, Hayri Tunç, Yadigar Aygün, Serpil Ünal, Zeynep Kuray, Mustafa Subaşı, Saliha Aras, Gülistan Dursun, Elif Bayburt, Umut Taştan and Rojdan Erez.

The detained politicians, lawyers and representatives of civil society organisations are as follows: Dilek Başalan and Newroz Ünverdi from Women's Time Association, Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Istanbul Provincial Executives Samet Ayas and Haci Ugiş, DEM Party Bayrampaşa District Co-Chair Ramazan Yavuz, DEM Party Esenler District Co-Chair Mehmet Önal, DEM Party Ümraniye District Co-Chair Ayten Bingöl and Serbülent Çiçek, Fethiye Kaçmaz, Fesih İlhan, Selin Top, Feride Eralp, Rüya Kurtuluş, Newroz Tuğçe Özçelik, lawyer Sidar Perçin.