Social Media Campaign Launched for Imprisoned Journalists in Turkey

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A social media campaign has been launched for imprisoned journalists in Turkey.

#GazetecilereOzgurluk #FreePress There are journalists imprisoned in #Turkey for doing #journalism #FreeTurkeyMedia #FreeTurkeyJournalists pic.twitter.com/jXk0H7Q1M5

— RSF Türkçe (@RSF_tr) March 9, 2017

Mesleklerini yaptıkları için tutuklanan gazeteciler serbest bırakılmalı! İmza için: https://t.co/VA2NxJdKWA #GazetecilereÖzgürlük #FreePress pic.twitter.com/g7JvUuVION

— Amnesty Turkey (@aforgutu) March 9, 2017

The campaign launched by a group of journalists has also seen support from international freedom of expression advocate groups including the Amnesty, International Press Institute (IPI), English PEN, The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

‘delivering truth to … people, w/out distortion or betraying their trust is a duty’ #GazetecilereOzgurluk #FreePress #FreeTurkeyJournalists pic.twitter.com/MzqEca4AqN

— IPI (@globalfreemedia) March 9, 2017

Tweets have been posted with the hashtags #GazetecilereOzgurluk(Freedom to Journalists) and #FreePress, the #FreePress has entered Turkey's agenda in a short time.

Writers worldwide call for the release of journalist @sahmetsahmet #FreePress #GazetecilereOzgurluk @englishpen https://t.co/ZFW4noh9z3 pic.twitter.com/nzVETEx9Ea

— ECPMF (@ECPMF) March 9, 2017

Furthermore, the journalists will gather in front of the Post Office in İstanbul's Kadıköy district at 11 a.m. on Saturday (March 11) and send a letter to their colleagues imprisoned in Silivri Prison No.9.

The letter campaign as well is shared on social media with the hashtag #TecriteKarşıMektup (Letter Against Solitary Confinement). (EA/TK)