Jin News Reporters Erol, Eren Released

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Detained on October 20 in Turkey’s capital city of Ankara, Jin News reporters Duygu Erol and Habibe Eren have been released after being deposed at the prosecutor’s office.

Duygu Erol was released on probation with a travel ban. Questions about journalistic activities were asked in the prosecution questioning. The reporters were asked about their news reports.

Erol and Eren were detained in a house raid on the ground of a “complaint”. Detained in the same operation, Jin News editor Sibel Yükler and Mezepotamya Agency reporters Diren Yurtsever and Selman Güzelyüz were released on October 21, Saturday in the wake of their deposition at the police station.

About Jin News

Jin News started broadcasting in Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, Zazaki and English on jinnews.com.tr at the end of September 2017 like the Mezopotamya Agency.

Working with woman editors and correspondents, JinNews is practicing women-oriented journalism. 

15 media outlets including Turkey's first news agency JINHA, founded 2012 in Diyarbakır, a predominantly Kurdish province in south-eastern Turkey, were closed through a statutory decree issued on October 29, 2016.

Following the closure, Gazete Sûjin started its publication life in December 2016. Gazete Sûjin was also closed through a statutory decree on August 25. (HK/TK)