Turkish journalists jailed for stepping up on behalf of pro-Kurdish daily newspaper
by Daniel Leon
Today, 29. January 2019, Ayşe Düzkan starts to serve her prison sentence. She is one of 56 Turkish journalists and civil society activists who took part in a media solidarity action from May to August 2016.
The "state of emergency" in Turkey continues nearly three years after the attempted coup against President Erdogan, as does the crackdown on civil society under its banner.
The solidarity action involved serving as “editor for a day” of the pro-Kurdish, Turkish-language daily Özgür Gündem, which means “Free Agenda.” The need for such an action arose after the government of President Recep Tayyip…