Turkey: Journalists turn street protest into a national defence of the right to know

Thousands of journalists demonstrated this Saturday in 10 provinces across Turkey to protest against censorship of the media and to call for the release of imprisoned reporters. Below we publish the report and analysis by Yusuf Kanli, vice-president of GCD, one of the EFJ’s affiliates in Turkey. This article was published on Sunday by Politis. Journalists marched in cities across Turkey on Saturday against arrests, censorship, access restrictions and state-appointed control of media outlets. Sup