İSTANBUL – A 24 hour ban of legal counsel was issued for our detained reporters Sadiye Eser and Sadık Topaloğlu.
Our reporters who left the agency in the evening yesterday and weren't heard of again for sometime, turned out to be detained and brought to the Provincial Security Directorate while their houses were raided and searched.
The lawyers of our agency went to the Provincial Security Directorate to find out on what grounds our reporters were being held.
It was stated to the lawyers that there was a ban on legal counsel for our reporters issued by the İstanbul Public Prosecutor's office within the scope of an investigation.
Information about the “confidentiality” order on the case regarding the investigation started was also shared with the lawyers.