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Main opposition CHP Eskişehir MP Utku Çakırözer, a former journalist himself, visited journalists Rawin Sterk and Müyesser Yıldız in Sincan Prison in Ankara on the occasion of July 24 Day of Struggle for Press Freedom.

“On the one side, thousands of journalists refusing to obey the AKP are fired from their jobs; on the other, working journalists have to deal with investigations, lawsuits, detentions-arrests and publications bans,” says main opposition CHP MP Tanrıkulu.

Releasing statements for the press on the occasion of July 24 Press Day, professional journalism organizations have announced that there is an attempt to repress journalists and they cannot celebrate the day in such a period.