Afraid of the rising anger on the streets, Gov’t goes after 3 YouTubers doing street interviews @ilavetv_ @KendineMuhabir @sadevatandasyt

Detained on December 12, the owners of three YouTube channels posting street interviews Arif Kocabıyık, Hasan Köksoy and Turan Kural have been released to house arrest. An international travel ban has been imposed on the three

Three YouTubers detained in dawn raid over "cyber crimes", apparently for asking people on the street what they thought about an AKP politician's sex scandal https://t.co/c8XCVB5NP1

— Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) December 12, 2021

Blatant violations of basic rights intensify in Turkey.

3 journalists aren't allowed to see their lawyers after they were detained while reporting from a student protest in Ankara.

Separately, arrest warrants are issued for 4 YouTubers who do street interviews on news topics. https://t.co/dZkoHjBjdX

— Emre KIZILKAYA (@ekizilkaya) December 12, 2021