Mass arrests including journalists in Imamoğlu protests

Photojournalists of international organizations are arrested so that we cannot see what happens. But can they prevent reporting? Back to citizen journalism 101. In the meantime, I observed more motivation among the university students for further protests.

Several journalists were detained during the protests in Turkey following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. A media workers’ union reported that at least eight journalists, including reporters and photojournalists, were detained in house raids, labeling the incident as an attack on press freedoms13. Later reports indicated that seven of these journalists were arrested by a court for allegedly violating the law on public gatherings5. The detained journalists included AFP photojournalist Yasin Akgül and others who were covering the protests56. These detentions have been widely condemned by journalist unions and press freedom organizations6.