Speaking about the Turkish authorities' refutation of the footage of the chemical attack and reminding that he served in the military in Şırnak in the 1990s, Peace activist Yannis Vasilis Yaylalı said: "I was a witness to the war crimes that took place."
Deposition of MA and JINNEWS reporters brought to Ankara Courthouse has started. Statements are taken simultaneously by 9 prosecutors.
It has been learned that the police filmed the journalists brought to the courthouse handcuffed behind the back and in a single file.
TTB Central Council President Şebnem Korur Fincancı, who was targeted for her statements regarding Turkey's chemical weapons attacks, has been arrested.
The lawyers of the Secret Law Office applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the İmralı Prison Directorate to meet with their client, PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has not been heard from for 18 months.
Stating that they are the followers of the tradition of free press, detained journalist Öznur Değer said: "We will continue to be the voice of those silenced."
One of the journalists under custody, stated that it is the journalist's duty to find the facts and that they are honoured for their insistance in the truth.
The detention period of 11 journalists detained as part of the Ankara-based investigation has been extended for the second time.
Journalist Zemo Ağgöz, who was questioned by the police for more than 3 hours, was released on the condition of house arrest by the prosecutor's office.
Lawyer Gülistan Ataş stated that a strip search was imposed on JINNEWS reporter Derya Ren, whom she visited in prison, and that she was beaten by 5 guards because she resisted the strip search.
MA reporter Emrullah Acar, who met with his lawyer, reported that JINNEWS reporter Öznur Değer was battered by the police and dragged by the hair while the police was trying to finger print her.
Sending their messages via their lawyers, the journalists detained yesterday underlined that there is an attack against their profession, that they are insisting on the truth and they will never bow down.
Political parties, associations, trade unions, intellectuals and writers have issued messages of support stated that the detained TTB Central Council Chair Şebnem Korur Fincancı is not alone.
Diren Yurtsever told her lawyers about the impositions she was subjected to by the Turkish police since the moment she was arrested, including ‘posing with a Turkish flag’.
Journalist Berivan Altan, who met with her lawyers, said that police vests was brought to the police to take pictures before they brought her out of the building and they had to wait for it and the police told her, "We will force your head down, don't make it diffucult".