Memnune Mayda: "Our only child is definitely not a traitor"
Özkan Mayda, an Antalya-based photojournalist for the Zaman daily, was arrested in the wake of the 15 July attempted coup in Turkey. He is just one of the over 150 journalists currently in jail in the country.
Counter-terrorism police in the southern province detained Mayda on 23 July 2016. He has been in detention for nearly 300 days.
The ECPMF is helping cover Mayda's legal fees.
Zaman was among the more than 100 newspapers, broadcasters, news agencies, and magazines the Turkish government ordered closed using emergency powers assumed after the failed coup.
Mayda's mother, Memnune Mayda, wrote to Index on Censorship in March:
Özkan Mayda, a former…
