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Journalist Ahmet Takan, a columnist for daily Korkusuz, has been assaulted with a baseball bat in front of his house in Dikmen, Ankara. Takan was previously targeted by MHP Chair and MHP Secretary General.

Police released 25 women demonstrators and 3 active-duty journalists who were detained within protests to bring attention to Kobane. However, DİHA reporter Çiçek and Azadiya Welat worker Bağdu were assaulted.

Media professional organizations Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS) and DİSK-affiliated Basın-İş condemned the intervention of police forces to media workers in Suruç and Kobane.