231 people were taken into custody in simultaneous operations across Turkey on Tuesday. In addition to local politicians, human rights activists, trade union members and activists, the detainees also included a number of media workers and intellectuals, who are accused of having links to the PKK.

The writers and journalists detained in the operations in several cities included Erdoğan Alayumat (journalist), Tuğce Yılmaz (journalist), Bilge Aksu (journalist), Ahmet Sünbül (journalist), Roza Metina (Mesopotamia Women Journalists Association (MKG) President), Bilal Seçkin (journalist), Mehmet Ücar (journalist), Suzan Demir (journalist), Ardın Diren (translator-director), Doğan Güzel (cartoonist), Hicri İzgören (writer), Ömer Barasi (translator-writer), Suzan Demir (journalist) and Baver Yoldaş (publishing house coordinator).

While some of the journalists and writers detained within the scope of the investigation launched by the Eskişehir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office were referred to the Diyarbakır Courthouse on Thursday to give their statements to the prosecutor's office, others were taken to Eskişehir Courthouse to give their statements. 

Mesopotamia Women Journalists Association (MKG) chair Roza Metina, caricaturist Doğan Güzel, writer-translator Ömer Barasi and Berfin Atlı were released on condition of judicial control. Director Ardin Diren, academic Abdurrahman Aydın, poet-writer Ahmet Hicri İzgören, photographer Emrah Kelekçiler and journalist Ahmet Sünbül were referred to the judge with a request for arrest. They were also released.

Five journalists who were taken to Eskişehir were referred to the court with a request for arrest earlier today. While Bilge Aksu and Mehmet Uçar were remanded in custody, Serap Güneş, Erdoğan Alayumat and Tuğçe Yılmaz were released on judicial control conditions.

Journalists Bilal Seçkin, Suzan Demir and Havin Derya, who were also referred to court on a judicial control request, were released on judicial control conditions.