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Kurdish journalist brutally detained during house raid in Mardin

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Kurdish journalist Öznur Değer was taken into custody in the Kurdish province of Mardin. According to the women's news agency JinNews, for which Değer works, she was detained on Friday morning by a task force of the Turkish police's special anti-terrorism unit (PÖH) in the district of Kızıltepe. The police broke down the apartment door and dragged the journalist out onto the street, using force, while her apartment was searched and equipment was…

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Kurdish journalist arrested over social media posts about colleagues killed in drone strike - Turkish Minute

Turkish authorities have arrested Öznur Değer, a reporter for JINNEWS, over social media posts about two Kurdish journalists killed in a drone strike in northern Syria, according to local reports. Değer was taken into custody early Friday morning in the Kızıltepe district of Mardin province when police forcibly entered her family home. Special operations officers broke down the door, handcuffed Değer behind her back and beat her before putting h…

Kurdish journalist brutally detained during house raid in Mardin

Kurdish journalist Öznur Değer was taken into custody in the Kurdish province of Mardin. According to the women's news agency JinNews, for which Değer works, she was detained on Friday morning by a task force of the Turkish police's special anti-terrorism unit (PÖH) in the district of Kızıltepe. The officials broke down the apartment door and dragged the journalist out onto the street, using force, while her apartment was searched and equipment …

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