Journalist Beritan Canözer’s House Raided over Social Media Posts

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Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation against 22 people over their social media messages about "Operation Peace Spring" launched by Turkey into northern Syria on October 9.

As part of this investigation, the police raided the house of Jinnews reporter Beritan Canözer at 9.30 p.m. yesterday. While Canözer was not at home during the raid, police officers searched her house.

Confiscating some magazines, photographs and newspapers, officers said that Canözer had to depose at the Diyarbakır Security Directorate due to her social media messages.

Two journalists detained yesterday

Digital Services Manager of daily BirGün Hakan Demir and Managing Editor of Diken news website Fatih Gökhan Diler were also detained yesterday over their social media messages about the operation.

Referred to court later in the day, both journalists have been released on probation and with an international travel ban.

21 detained in Mardin

Shortly after the Directorate General of Security announced that a legal action has been taken against 78 people due to their social media messages on Turkey's operation into northern Syria, 21 people were detained in Turkey's southeastern province of Mardin yesterday.

The detained have been charged with "inciting the public to enmity and hatred" and "propagandizing for a terrorist organization". (TP/SD)