Arrest of Kurdish journalists: Police search in production companies completed after 32 days

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The police search in the offices of two production companies as part of an investigation into Kurdish media outlets has been completed 32 days after 16 journalists were detained during raids.

The police seized cameras, computers, hard drives, audio mixers and monitors in the offices of the Piya and Ari production companies, the Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reported.

The two companies were among the addresses raided by the police on June 8. While the police had left the offices of the JinNews agency and Pel production company after seizing the equipment, the search in the two other companies took more than a month.

After the search, the police gave a delivery report to the lawyers but did not provide a list of the seized equipment.

Employees of the companies said 19 cameras, all hard disks in computers, sound mixers in the studios, lavalier microphones, computer chassis and some monitors had been seized.

In the investigation, 16 journalists on June 16 were remanded in custody for "being a member of an illegal organization." Six other detainees were released on probation. (AS/VK)