3rd Group of News Watch in Diyarbakır

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Third group of journalists starting news watch with the slogan “We pursue truth, side with our colleagues” has arrived in Diyarbakır.

Following journalists are in the group:

Arzu Demir from ETHA and ANF, Ceyda Karan from Cumhuriyet daily, Cihangir Balkır from Zete, Demet Yılan from sendika.org, Gökhan Biçici from Dokuz8haber, Hayko Bağdat and Mehveş Evin from Diken news website, Metin Cihan from İleri Haber, and Semra Çelebi from Özgür Radyo.

The journalists have been keeping news watch to act in solidarity with their colleagues as of February 3.

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Who had participated?

Ayşe Yıldırım and Pınar Öğünç from Cumhuriyet daily, Celal Başlangıç and Said Sefa from Haberdar, Ceren Sözeri and Fatih Polat from Evrensel daily, Ergun Babahan from Özgür Düşünce, freelance journalist Evrim Kurdoğlu, Önder Öner from ETHA, Tunca Öğreten from Diken, freelance journalist Tuğba Tekerek, Elif Akgül from bianet, Mesut Balcı from sol haber, Zeynep Yüncüler from BirGün daily, journalist Fehim Işık and Yetvart Danzikyan from Agos had participated in the watch earlier.

Activities

The journalists will support their colleagues in Diyarbakır and make reports. The reports will be released on blog of the News Watch in addition to their workplaces.

Coordination will be facilitated through local journalists during the News Watch. Since the watch is an act of solidarity, it will be acted in cooperation with local journalists.

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