Serdar Altan and Safiye Alagaş
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At least 21 journalists have been detained in police raids in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.
Among the detained are Serdar Altan, the co-chair of the Dicle Fırat Journalists Association (DFG) and Safiye Alagaş, the manager of the Jin News agency, the Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reported.
Jin News, a women-focused news agency, reported that police raided its office and seized equipment.
Ajansımıza polis baskını https://t.co/erSo5TopnJ pic.twitter.com/cPsi3rDU8t
— Jin News (@jinnewsturkce) June 8, 2022
The names of some of the other detained journalists: Gülşen Koçuk (Jin News editor), Aziz Oruç (MA editor), Ömer Çelik, Suat Doğuhan, Ramazan Geciken, Berivan Karatorak, Esmer Tunç, Neşe Toprak and Zeynel Abidin Bulut.
Dicle Müftüoğlu, the other co-chair of the DFG, was released yesterday (June 7) after three days in detention.
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