6th Group of News Watch in Diyarbakır

#habernobeti 6. Grubu Diyarbakir'da toplandi. Simdi calisma zaman.. pic.twitter.com/05qcWeSaIO

— Ali Akel (@akelali) 7 Mart 2016

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The sixth group of News Watch has arrived in Diyarbakır with the slogan “We are tracking the truth and stand by our colleagues”.

News Watch launched to support journalists under pressure and attack in clash zones continues with a new team.  

Independent journalists Ali Akel, Eyüp Tatlıpınar, Reyan Tuvi as well as İslam Özkan from On4 TV, Mürüvet Küçük from Alınteri, Semiha Şahin from ETHA and Ümit Kıvanç from Radikal news website are on the sixth team.

In the first month of the watch 38 journalists from 13 corporations have attended News Watch to show solidarity with their colleagues in regions under curfew.

The names of the participant journalists are as follows:

Ayşe Yıldırım (Cumhuriyet), Celal Başlangıç ve Said Sefa (Haberdar),Ceren Sözeri (Evrensel), Ergun Babahan (Özgür Düşünce), Evrim Kurdoğlu (freelance journalist), Önder Öner (ETHA), Tunca Öğreten(Diken), Pınar Öğünç (Cumhuriyet), Yetvart Danzikyan (Agos Chief in Editor), Mesut Bayram (Sol Haber), Tuğba Tekerek (freelance journalist), Fehim Işık (Journalist-Columnist), Zeynep Yüncüler (BirGün), Elif Akgül (bianet), Fatih Polat (Evrensel Editor in Chief), Arzu Demir (ETHA/ANF), Ceyda Karan (Cumhuriyet), Cihangir Balkır (Zete),Demet Yılan (sendika.org), Gökhan Biçici (Dokuz8haber), Hayko Bağdatve Mehveş Evin (Diken), Metin Cihan (İleri Haber), Semra Çelebi (Özgür Radyo), Aram Ekin Duran (T24 blog writer), Aysel Kılıç (Demokrat Haber), Güliz Karaoğlan Vural (Nokta), Gülşen İşeri (İnsan Haber),Gülten Üstündağ (Today’s Zaman), Leyla Alp (freelance journalist), Nevin Sungur (Açık Radyo), Pelin Cengiz (Haberdar), Yavuz Baydar (P24), Aslı Ceren Aslan (Özgür Gelecek), Çağrı Sarı (Evrensel), Eyüp Tatlıpınar (freelance journalist), Gökhan Yılmaz ve Murat Sayan (Yeni Asya), Sibel Yerdeniz (T24).

Click here to follow the activities of the the sixth team of News Watch on Twitter

(EA/DG)