Kurdish journalists harassed, detained ahead of key municipal race in Turkey
Pressure on Kurdish media in Turkey showed no signs of letting up as four journalists working for the pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya news agency and the all-female JINNEWS were detained by police in the early morning hours on Tuesday in the port city of Izmir.
One other journalist with the liberal online news outlet Duvar and a media relations worker for the pro-Kurdish DEM party were also detained in the raid carried out by anti-terror units, Turkish media reported.
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