Reporters Detained in South-East
Four journalists who were photographing military activity in the border area between Turkey and Iraq were detained fro a short period.
Ömer Oguz of the Yüksekova News, Nevzat Tas and Kerim Kantarcioglu from the Ihlas News Agency and Müslüm Bayburs of the Yeni Safak newspaper were detained on Monday (22 October) morning as they were photgrophing military convoys.
ID checks
They were held at a gendarmerie station in Yüksekova district for around two hours and their ID cards were taken away. They were released after when their IDs were checked on-line with the General Information Scan.
Kantarcioglu told bianet that the journalists did not complain from mistretament during their short arrest.
The place where the journalists were arrested remains within the temporary security zones which were announced by the General Staff on 9 June. In and over these zones, which include the provinces of Siirt, Hakkari and Sirnak, flights and civilian movement are restricted, (EÖ/AG)
A graduate of the French Language and Literature Department at İstanbul University. He has served as the Turkey representative for the international organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF), where he began as a reporter in 1996. Since 1999, he has worked at bianet, a project of the IPS Communication Foundation, as the coordinator of the Legal Support Desk, editor for freedom of expression, and editor-in-chief. He has authored more than 4,800 signed news articles and opinion pieces. He has also written for Bizim Gazete and the journal Güncel Hukuk. He currently prepares the Media Monitoring Reports at bianet.
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