36 journalists sent to prison in Turkey

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36 journalists have been sent to jail for alleged links with KCK (Union of Communities in Kurdistan) despite lack of evidence of any criminal activities or association with KCK.

The list of the detainees is as follows, published on DIHA.

Ramazan Pekgöz (Editor of DIHA -Diyarbakır)
Mazlum Özdemir (DIHA reporter-Diyarbakır)
Fatma Koçak (Editor in Chief, DIHA -İstanbul)
Kenan Kırkaya (DIHA Ankara Correspondent-Ankara)
Sadık Topaloğlu (DİHA reporter-Urfa)
Semiha Alankuş (Editor of DIHA -Diyarbakır)
Çağdaş Kaplan (DIHA reporter-İstanbul)
Ömer Çelik (DIHA reporter-İstanbul)
Evrim Kepenek (DIHA reporter -Van)
Güneş Ünsal (DIHA Foreign Affairs Correspondent-İstanbul)
Zuhal Tekiner (DIHA Grant Holder-İstanbul)
Zeynep Kuray (Daily Birgün Newspaper reporter)
Nahide Ermiş (Member of Broadcasting Board for the journal of “Özgür Halk ve Demokratik Modernite” )
Berxwedan Yaruk (Staff of the journal of “Demokratik Modernite”)
Davut Uçar (Manager of Etik Agency)
Hüseyin Deniz (Reporter)
İsmail Yıldız (İstanbul)
Sevinç Tuncelli (İzmir)
Dilek Demirel (İzmir)
Sibel Güler (Former employee of the daily Özgür Gündem)
Çiğdem Aslan
Cihan Albay
Hamza Sümeli (Employee of Gün Printing House)
Ertuş Bozkurt (Former employee of Fırat Distribution)
Şeref Sümeli (Former employee of Fırat Distribution)
Çağdaş Ulus (Reporter of the daily Vatan)
Mustafa Özer (AFP reporter)
Nevin Erdemir (Employee of the daily Özgür Gündem)
Eylem Sürmeli (Former Employee of the daily Özgür Gündem)
Nurettin Fırat (Commentator of the daily Özgür Gündem)
Ayşe Oyman (Özgür Gündem)
Yüksel Genç (Özgür Gündem)
Hatice Bozkurt (Özgür Gündem)
Murat Eroglu (Former employee of DIHA)
Çiğdem Aslan
Oktay Candemir (Former employee of DIHA)
Ziya Çiçekçi (Publisher and Managing Editor of the daily Özgür Gündem)
Haydar Tekin (Former employee of Fırat Distribution)
Arzu Demir (Editor of Etkin News Agency)