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According to the annual report by the Reporters Without Borders, 65 journalists were killed; 326 were arrested; 54 were taken hostage and two journalists went missing in 2017. Turkey is one of the countries with the highest number of jailed journalists.

The Journalists Association of Turkey addressed UN Secretary General Kofi Annan for support to release journalists Coşkun and Özköse who have been missing in Syria since 22 March.

Reporters Without Borders called on the Syrian authorities to release Turkish journalists Özköse and Çoşkun who went to Syria last week. Both journalists were abducted and reportedly handed over to Syrian authorities.