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• 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.
• Demonstration in front of Eutelsat continues 

  The satellite company Eutelsat that shut down Kurdish televisions is protested in Paris.
• Kurds start three-day protest demo in front of the Eutelsat building 

  Kurds protest Eutelsat’s closure of Med Nuçe TV and Newroz TV with a demonstration in front of the Eutelsat building in Paris. The protest will take place between 11:00 and 15:00 over the next three days.
• DIHA reporter battered and detained during house raid in Muş 

  DIHA reporter for Muş, İdris Sayılgan, was detained during a house raid by special operations police.
• Closure of Kurdish TV channels protested across Europe 

  Eutelsat’s closure of Med Nuçe TV on October 3 and and Hotbird’s closure of Newroz TV on October 11 were protested across Europe.
• International reaction against EUTELSAT-AKP fascism 

  IFJ-EFJ condemned the closure of Kurdish TV networks through the joint fascism of EUTELSAT and the Turkish state.
• Çetin: Norway rejected RTÜK's request but EUTELSAT accepted it 

  At a European Council conference, Ferda Çetins stated that Turkey has launched a comprehensive attack on Kurdish TV channels. Çetin said that Norway rejected RTÜK’s request to close down Med Nuçe but EUTELSAT accepted it without a hesitation.
• Med Nûçe TV officials discuss press freedom in the Council of Europe 

  Officials from Med Nûçe TV, which was closed recently due to AKP pressure, gave a presentation in the conference held in the Council of Europe titled “Press Freedom in Turkey”.
• Eutelsat stops the broadcast of Newroz TV as well 

  French satellite company Eutelsat has stopped the broadcast of Newroz TV which covers issues from East Kurdistan and Iran.
• Eutelsat to stop Newroz TV's broadcast today 

  French satellite company Eutelsat will stop the broadcast of Newroz TV today.
• Workers of closed television networks start 3-day sit-in in Amed 

  Workers of the television networks closed through Statutory Decree started a 3-day sit-in protest in Amed to raise awareness for the pressure on them.
• Newroz TV: Eutelsat's decision a part of the AKP policies 

  Newroz TV editor Zeynep Murat condemned Eutelsat’s decision to stop the broadcast of theTV channel which focuses on East Kurdistan and Iran, and said that they would not stop pursuing the truth.
• Eutelsat to also stop Newroz TV's broadcast 

  Eutelsat is reported to stop the broadcast of Newroz TV, covering issues from East Kurdistan and Iran, on Monday.
• Journalists in Kirkuk protest AKP's crackdown on media 

  Journalists in Kirkuk protested Turkey's AKP government that has recently shut down over 20 TV and radio stations, describing the crackdown as 'dictatorship'.
• European journalists meet with the CoE Secretary General on Turkey 

  Representatives of journalists associations in Europe have shared their concerns over Turkey's crackdown on media with the Council of Europe Secretary General.
• MED Nûçe employees protest Eutelsat in Paris 

  MED Nûçe employees protested Eutelsat in French capital Paris with the support of representatives from various parties and organisations.
• Call for solidarity against the AKP from French journalists' conference 

  A committee from Kurdistan that attended the conference held by France Journalists' Union called for solidarity against the AKP’s coupist practices.