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The journalist who reported about married judge and prosecutor presiding over the same trial has been remanded in custody for "marking counterterrorism officials as a target."

Women's organizations shared tweets in reaction to the detention of bianet women and LGBTI+ editor Evrim Kepenek and T24 editor Sibel Yükler and requested that all detained journalists be released.

The journalists are being accused of "revealing the identity of a public official" and "marking an official as a target," their lawyer has said.

Delal Akyüz, Fırat Can Aslan and Sibel Yükler were apprehended during raids in the morning.

Two of the five journalists who were detained in a house raid on October 20, Jin News reporters Erol and Eren have been released. The three journalists had stayed in custody for one day and then were released.