Reporters Without Borders condemned the attacks on a DIHA reporter, Pinar Ural, in Istanbul and is pleased about the release of another DIHA reporter Ismail Eskin, after a five month detention before trial.
Eskin was accused of involvement with the PKK, which is considered to be an illegal terrorist organization by the Turkish government as well as the United States government. There have been accusations about journalists and activists in Turkey being attacked because of a suspicion of involvement with terrorist organizations, and more journalists are being linked to this group, and therefore attacked and detained as a result.
The countries only Kurdish language daily paper, Azadiya Welat, is another concern for Reporters without borders, as its editor Mehdi Tanrikulu has been freed from prison, but still faces charges from making what the authorities claim are overly positive remarks about the PKK.
There are still several other Kurdish language journalists who are imprisoned for a supposed connection to the PKK, and many more face the threat of having leagal actions taken against them for what they may express in their publications or reports.
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