11 pro-Kurdish media journalists arrested in Turkey

The arrests came days after Turkey ratified the new controversial media law ordering prison sentences for people considered to be spreading “dezinforms” with the aim of causing “panic, fear and public concern”.

Critics have said they fear that the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who already controls most of the media, will use the law to print more social networks and independent reporting, the AP reports, Klankosova broadcasts. tv

Police, in a public statement, said the suspects were arrested for containing news “that incite the public to hatred and hostility”. Also, he accused the subx2> Mezopotaya” that was pro-Kurdish that he operated as “mediadil” of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, while describing the raids as “antiterrorism”.

Turkey is among the countries that have mostly imprisoned journalists, with 35 of them and other media employees currently in prison, under Turkish antiterrorism laws.