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Turkey arrests four Kurdish journalists ahead of crucial elections

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JinNews reporter Beritan Canozer, shown in an unknown location in an undated photo, is one of four Kurdish journalists accused of having ties to the Kurdistan Workers' Party. [VOA]

Four Kurdish journalists appeared in court in Turkey this week, accused of having ties to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

JinNews reporter Beritan Canozer, journalist Remzi Akkaya, Mesopotamia News Agency (MA) editor Abdurrahman Gok, and MA reporter Mehmet Sah Oruc were taken into custody in coordinated dawn raids Tuesday, in which Turkish police detained at least 128 people in 21 cities.

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