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• JINHA reporter remanded in custody 

  Women's News Agency (JINHA) reporter Beritan Canözer who was detained in Amed three days ago, has been remanded in custody.
• JINHA reporter forced into a police car and detained in Amed 

  A reporter for Women's News Agency (JINHA) was forced into a police car and detained in Amed's central Sur district where a curfew remains in effect for 15 uninterrupted days.
• Two reporters for DIHA and JINHA remanded in custody 

  DİHA (Dicle News Agency) reporter İdris Yılmaz and JİNHA (Women's News Agency) reporter Vildan Atmaca have been remanded in custody in Van's Erciş district.
• Probe against 26 journalists and authors of free press 

  Istanbul Public Prosecutor's Office has opened probe against 26 journalists and authors on alleged grounds of “spreading propaganda for a terrorist organisation”.
• ISIS suspected behind the death of British journalist in Istanbul airport 

  ISIS is suspected to be behind the death of former BBC journalist Jacky Sutton who was found hanged in a toilet at Istanbul main Atatürk Airport yesterday.
• RSF: Freedom of information essential for peace in Turkey 

  At a time of alarming developments centred on the Kurdish issue, Reporters Without Borders has published a report exploring the relationship between this issue and media freedom in Turkey.
• Network Against Censorship: 35 journalist detained in September 

  35 journalists were detained and one other was remanded in custody in the month of September, 2015, according to a report by Solidarity Network against Censorship.
• 32 detained in operation against free press 

  Special operation police forces raided the building where offices of DİHA, Azadiye Welat, Aram Publications and KURDİ-DER are located in Amed.
• RTÜK suspends the broadcast of Kurdish TV channel Özgür Gün 

  Turkish Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has suspended the broadcast of all channels on platforms Digi Medya 1 and 2, and Güç Medya 1 and 2.
• British journalists transferred from Amed to an Adana prison 

  Vice News reporter Jake Hanrahan, cameraman Philip Pendlebury, and their translator Muhammed İsmail Resul who were remanded in custody and jailed in Amed, have been sent a prison in the southern province of Adana.
• CPJ calls for the release of VICE News reporters detained in Amed 

  The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Turkish authorities to immediately release British journalists Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury who were detained by police in Bağlar district of Amed on Thursday.
• Journalists: The state didn't want us to see what is going on in Silvan 

  A group of journalists, who travelled from Istanbul to North Kurdistan in order to see at the scene the state terror that has developed after the AKP put war policies into practice, have shared their first impressions.
• Censorship of free press approved by court 

  Ankara Gölbaşı Criminal Court of Peace approved the unlawful censorship of free press.
• Three Italian and one French journalist deported 

  Four European journalists were arrested in Mürşitpınar located in the Suruç district of Urfa, and deported after being accused of “entering Turkey illegally.”
• Constitutional Court decision awaited in trial of Kurdish journalists 

  Istanbul 3rd High Criminal Court has decided to await the ruling of the Constitutional Court on the trial of 46 Kurdish journalists.
• Kurdish televisions targeted by cyber attack 

  The production center of Sterk Tv, Med Nuce, Ronahi Tv and Mesopotamia Radio has been targeted by a cyber attack on Friday.
• CPJ calls on Turkey to improve conditions for international reporters 

  "Turkey has become increasingly hostile to international journalists, particularly those who cover sensitive topics, such as the plight of the Kurdish and Armenian minorities," CPJ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator Nina Ognianova said.
• Prosecutor asks for acquittal of Dutch journalist Geerdink 

  The first court hearing in the trial of Dutch journalist, Frederike Geerdink, based in Amed, who is accused of “making PKK propaganda” because of her posts on social media, has been held in Amed.
• RSF: Reform package threatens freedom of information 

  Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned that “internal security” reform package would considerably strengthen the powers of the police, especially as regards their handling of demonstrations.
• Gutiérrez tells of KCK "Press Wing" trial 

  Gutiérrez tells of KCK "Press Wing" trial
• Journalists trial resumes today 

  Journalists trial resumes today
• EFJ Observer Esben Ørberg on Erdoğan's trial 

  EFJ Observer Esben Ørberg on Erdoğan's trial
• New hearing in journalists trial 

  New hearing in journalists trial
• Journalists trial resumes tomorrow 

  Journalists trial resumes tomorrow
• BDP calls for the release of journalists behind bars 

  BDP calls for the release of journalists behind bars