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• Offices of Denge TV and Birlik Medya TV sealed 

  Offices of Batman centered Denge TV and Birlik Medya TV, the broadcasts of which were suspended with a decree law, were raided and sealed by police forces and finance officers after a detailed search of two hours.
• Eutelsat instructs the suspension of Med Nuçe TV's broadcast 

  Eutelsat satellite operator has instructed the suspension of Europe based pro-Kurdish Med Nuçe TV's broadcast.
• Dicle News Agency banned for the 46th time 

  Information and Communications Technologies Authority banned access to Dicle News Agency (DİHA) once again.
• Campaign for the freedom of jailed journalists and writers 

  A petition has been launched for the release of the journalists and writers arrested in Turkey. The petition has been signed by world famous persons.
• Intensified isolation of two Özgür Gündem journalists continues 

  Intensified isolation of Özgür Gündem newspaper Chief Editor Zana Bilir Kaya and editor İnan Kızılkaya in Silivri No 9 Prison continues.
• PEN Sweden gives the 2016 “Tucholsky Award” to Aslı Erdoğan 

  PEN Sweden have announced that they are giving the 2016 “Tucholsky Award” to Özgür Gündem newspaper’s Publication Advisory Board Member and author Aslı Erdoğan.
• Access to DİHA banned for the 45th time 

  Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) banned access to DİHA for the 45th time.
• Emergency Rule isolation continues for two journalists in Silivri Prison 

  No change in the Emergency Rule isolation imposed upon Özgür Gündem journalists Bilir Zana Kaya and İnan Kızılkaya kept in Silivri Prison No. 9.
• Two employees of Kurdish daily Azadiya Welat jailed in Mersin 

  Two employees of the Kurdish daily Azadiya Welat who were detained in Mersin province two days ago, have been jailed.
• Two journalists for Özgür Gündem held in isolation in Silivri Prison 

  Özgür Gündem Newspaper Chief Editor Zana Bilir Kaya and Editor İnan Kızılkaya are held under severe conditions in Silivri Prison. Concerned over their lives, Kaya and Kızılkaya sleep in turns and keep night watches.
• DİHA reporter Sebahattin Koyuncu arrested 

  DİHA reporter Sebahattin Koyuncu was taken to court in Şırnak’s Cizre district and convicted of "membership in an organization."
• Journalists showing support to Özgür Gündem summoned to testify 

  9 journalists have been summoned to testify with allegations of “terrorist propaganda” because they supported the “Editor in Chief Watch” campaign launched by Özgür Gündem newspaper.
• Attacks on Kurdish daily Azadiya Welat continue 

  Police raided the houses of 24 Azadiya Welat journalists who had recently been detained during a raid on the central office of the Kurdish newspaper three days ago.
• Özgür Gün TV taken off air amid increasing pressure against media 

  Transmission of Amed-based Özgür Gün TV has been suspended by Turkish satellite provider TÜRKSAT at 24:00 last night. The suspension came without any notification to the channel's side.
• 27 detained during raid on office of Kurdish daily Azadiya Welat 

  27 people were taken into custody during yesterday's raid on the central office of the Kurdish daily Azadiya Welat in Amed province.
• Police raid the central office of Azadiya Welat newspaper 

  Police raided the central office of Azadiya Welat newspaper, the only daily paper in Turkey published in Kurdish, in Amed.
• Special operations police raid DIHA office in Hakkari 

  Masked policemen from special operations forces raided the Dicle News Agency (DIHA) office in Hakkari province.
• Aslı Erdoğan held in solitary confinement 

  Özgür Gündem Advisory Board member and novelist Aslı Erdoğan’s request for transfer to the political prisoners’ ward was refused and she continues to be held in solitary confinement.
• Özgür Gündem Chief Editor and Editor in Chief arrested 

  Özgür Gündem newspaper’s Chief Editor Bilir Kaya and Editor in Chief İnan Kızılkaya have been arrested.
• Özgür Gündem columnist Aslı Erdoğan jailed 

  Özgür Gündem Publication Advisory Board member and columnist Aslı Erdoğan who was detained in a house raid after the newspaper was closed has been jailed.
• Özgür Gündem staff met in front of their office for today’s news meeting 

  Özgür Gündem that had been arrested and recently released met in front of their office for today’s news meeting.
• Özgür Gündem’s headline today: RESISTANCE CONTINUES 

  Özgür Gündem newspaper, recently shut down by the AKP government, is in newsstands today with the headline RESISTANCE CONTINUES.
• 22 journalists for Özgür Gündem released 

  22 journalists who were detained as a result of the raid on Özgür Gündem office two days ago, have been released.
• Özgür Gündem journalists in custody call for solidarity 

  22 of the journalists detained in the Özgür Gündem raid will be referred to the Istanbul Courthouse for their statements in the prosecutor’s office. The workershave called on everybody to the Courthouse to support their newspaper.
• Newsroom meeting in front of the sealed Özgür Gündem office 

  In the “Free Press Vigil” launched in front of the Özgür Gündem newspaper office, the newspaper’s workers and journalists in solidarity held the newsroom meeting in front of the sealed building of the newspaper.