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Dicle Müftüoğlu
December 7, 2023
Media outlet: Mezopotamia Agency – MA (Editor)
Accusations: Membership of a terrorist organization; Founding a terrorist organization and directing it
On April 29, 2023, dozens of people were detained with coordinated raids in 15 provinces in Turkey, based on unclear terrorism charges. Dicle Fırat Journalists Association’s Co-chairperson and journalist Dicle Müftüoğlu and Mezopotamya Agency (MA) editor Sedat Yılmaz were detained in Diyarbakır and later arrested in Ankara for “membership in a terrorist organization” and “founding a terrorist organization and directing it”. Müftüoğlu was sent to Sincan Closed Women Prison in Ankara.