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AMED- Professional organizations of journalists came to Diyarbakır to be in solidarity with journalists who work in Diyarbakır under government pressure and attacks.

Professional organizations of journalist came to Diyarbakır to be in solidarity with journalists in Kurdistan, where journalists are at risk of being killed and arrested while covering news. They are also declared "terrorists" by AKP's partisan media. The members of Turkish Journalists' Association (TGC), Free Journalists Association (ÖGC), Journalists Union of Turkey (TGS), and journalist locals of the unions DİSK and KESK visited Gültan Kışanak, the co-mayor of Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality. Turgay Olcayto, the head of TGC, said that they wanted to visit their journalist colleagues who work in the region in order to be in solidarity with them in this process.

Gültan Kışanak, the co-mayor of Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality, said, "Journalists in Kurdistan are working in very difficult conditions. Freedom of the press is the basis of all other fredooms. We learn the truth through the free press. Today journalists are prevented from presenting factual news. However, journalists are working for the people's right to receive the news despite these difficult conditions."

Uğur Güç, the president of TGS, said, "Our colleagues in Istanbul will come to Kurdistan to act in solidarity with the journalists in this area. They will hold a vigil with them. We will try to reflect what is going on in Kurdistan."

(şa-mm/gc/gd)