Journalist Sedef Kabaş has been detained due to a tweet message she sent regarding the prosecutors who decided to discontinue charges on the December 17 Corruption Probe investigation.

Prosecutor in charge of December 14 Operation requested the arrest of 8 defendants including Zaman newspaper editor-in-chief Ekrem Dumanlı.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lambasted the 2014 Reporters Without Borders round-up of abuses against journalists, accusing the Paris-based NGO of criticizing his country as part of a political “campaign” that it is said to be orchestrating against him.

Defense attorneys appealed the arrest of Samanyolu TV Broadcasting Group Chairman Hidayet Karaca for various reasons including ill-treatment and hoax claims on “illegal armed organization”.

Upon Cumhuriyet newspaper’s request, Hakkari Peace Court judge removed the media ban related to the killing of three Turkish soldiers in the southeastern district of Yüksekova on October 25. The ban on dead bodies, however, will resume until the end of investigation.

After 4 days of detention, Zaman newspaper editor-in-chief Ekrem Dumanlı has been released pending a trial with December 14 Operation. Samanyolu TV Broadcasting Group Chairman Hidayet Karaca, however, has been arrested.

Hidayet Karaca, Samanyolu TV’s Broadcasting Chairman, refused to testify to a court judge within December 14 Raids, saying that the court “lost its impartiality”. “My client will be arrested,” Karaca’s lawyer said.

An indictment has reportedly been drafted against BirGün newspaper columnist Seray Şahiner for insulting Bilal Erdoğan in a critical article on the opening of more religious schools in Turkey.

16 individuals including Zaman newspaper editor-in-chief Ekrem Dumanlı and Samanyolu TV Broadcasting Group Chairman Hidayet Karaca have been charged with prison sentence for attempted coup against the government.

The anti-terror teams of Istanbul Police Department has started operations in 13 cities on December 14, detaining 31 individuals including prominent journalists under the charges of “establishing, managing and being a member of a terrorist organization and committing fraud”.

A prosecution has been launched for charges related to “insulting the president” into BirGün newspaper’s headline yesterday that wrote “thief” in Ottoman.

While three journalists have been attacked in the northwestern province of Kocaeli as they covered an environmental meeting, a local branch of journalists union condemned the attack and urged authorities to take action.