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Istanbul Journalists Arrested Alongside Protesters

Istanbul Journalists Arrested Alongside Protesters

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A total of seven journalists are currently in custody, with six others arrested on Tuesday. Protests have been ongoing across Turkey over the past week.

Agence France-Presse
1. AFP calls on the Turkish authorities to respect the freedom of the press and the work of journalists, essential pillars of any democratic society.
2. AFP strongly condemns the detention of its journalist and photographer Yasin Akgül and calls for his immediate release. This is a serious attack on the freedom of the media.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Justice and Development Party
1. Those who spread terror in the streets and want to set fire to this country have nowhere to go. The path they have taken is a dead end.
Ozgur Ozel
Republican People's Party
1. We do not decrease in numbers with arrests – there will be even more of us.
2. Are you ready for a big rally in a large square in Istanbul on Saturday to support Imamoglu, to object to his arrest, to demand transparent, open trials, to say we have had enough and we want early elections?
Ali Yerlikaya
Turkish Interior Ministry
1. No concessions will be made to those who attempt to terrorize the streets, to attack our national and moral values, and to our police officers.
2. While there are currently 979 suspects in custody, 478 people will be brought to court today.
Fabrice Fries
Agence France-Presse
1. He has taken exactly 187 photographs since the start of the protests, each one a witness to his work as a journalist.
2. Yasin Akgül was not part of the protest. As a journalist, he was covering one of the many demonstrations that have been organized in the country since Wednesday, March 19.
3. His imprisonment is unacceptable. This is why I am asking you to intervene as quickly as possible to obtain the rapid release of our journalist.
Erol Onderoglu
Reporters Without Borders
1. This is the first time that a clearly identified journalist has, in the exercise of his duties, been formally arrested on the basis of this law against gatherings and demonstrations.
Emre Kızılkaya
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
1. The authorities ignore that this is a constitutionally protected right, saying that the Istanbul governorate banned demonstrations and the journalists were present. Being there is enough.

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