Journalists are taking to the streets against pressure and censorship... Call from Özel: 'We are marching against the black order of the AKP'

Press professional organizations took action against the pressures on journalists, censorship and interventions against media organizations. Within the scope of the actions to be held with the slogan "No to censorship, freedom to news", simultaneous marches and mass press statements will be held in 10 provinces on Saturday, October 24.

A joint objection call will be made in the protests, which will react against the detention and arrest of journalists, the appointment of trustees to media organizations, the imposition of access blocks to websites and the censorship practices on social media accounts.

ACTION CALENDAR

The meeting places and times of the simultaneous protests are as follows:

Adana: Artists Park in front of the Press Monument - 13.00

Ankara: Walking and explanation from College Junction to Sakarya Street - 14.00

Antalya: Walking from Attalos Statue to Cumhuriyet Square - 14.00

Bursa: Osmangazi - Şehreküstü Square - 14.00

Diyarbakır: March from the courthouse to the BTK front - 14.00

Eskişehir: Köprübaşı - 14.00

Istanbul: Walking and explanation from Kadıköy Bull Statue to the square - 13.00

Izmir: Marching towards the Port in front of the Cyprus Martyrs Türkan Saylan Cultural Center - 14.00

Kocaeli: Izmit Uğur Mumcu Park - 14.00

Van: Walk and explanation from Art Street to City Square - 14.00

IT WILL ALSO SUPPORT PRIVATE ACTIONS

NEW Party Chairman Özgür Özel announced that he will join the one in Izmir among the marches to be held in 10 provinces tomorrow upon the call of press professional organizations and said, "We are marching against the black order of the AK Party, which attacks press freedom, journalists, television channels and social media accounts."

NEW Party Chairman Özgür Özel, in his statement on his social media account, said, "We are marching against the black order of the AK Party, which attacks freedom of the press, journalists, television channels and social media accounts. We stand with the professional press organizations that will raise their voices against oppression in 14 provinces tomorrow. We will also march with journalists in Izmir at 14.00. We invite all our citizens to solidarity with press workers and to protect the right to receive news. No to censorship, freedom to news." used.