21/12/2011 15:32
Journalists protest in Istanbul
Turkish police detained dozens of people in a wave of raids targeting suspected members of the "press and propaganda wing" of a banned Kurdish separatist group accused of committing acts of terrorism, the semi-official Anatolian Agency reported Tuesday, the CNN reports.
In a move that alarmed human rights organizations, journalists' associations and press freedom activists, police swept up a number of journalists in the raids.
"Thirty-eight colleagues have been detained," announced the Freedom for Journalists Platform, an umbrella group that represents dozens of Turkish journalist associations and unions.
Hours after the arrests, hundreds of Turkish journalists took to the streets in Istanbul, conducting a hastily organized protest march down the city's main pedestrian thoroughfare.