NEW Party leader Özgür Özel comes to Izmir for journalists

NEW Party Chairman Özgür Özel is coming to the city to participate in the march to be held in Izmir on Saturday, October 24th against the detentions and arrests of journalists, house arrest decisions, appointment of trustees to media organizations and censorship practices.

Özel, who is expected to arrive in Izmir at 10:00, will support journalists in the action that will be held upon the call of press labor and professional organizations.

The march, which will be organized under the leadership of Izmir Journalists Association (IGC) and professional press organizations in the city, will start at 14.00 in front of Alsancak Türkan Saylan Cultural Center. Journalists will protest the interventions against press freedom by walking along Kıbrıs Şehitleri Street towards Alsancak Port. In the march, where Özel is expected to participate, demands will be expressed for free working conditions of journalists and the public's right to receive news.

Protests with the call "Enough is enough, we can't breathe! No to censorship, freedom to news" will be held in Istanbul, Ankara, Bursa, Eskişehir, Antalya, Adana, Kocaeli, Van and Diyarbakır, as well as Izmir.

Press professional organizations called on citizens for solidarity, emphasizing that the pressures on journalists threaten not only press workers but also the society's right to receive news.