Istanbul- Turkish police conducted house raids in Istanbul and Izmir on Monday, detaining nine journalists on charges of “opposing the Law on Demonstrations and Marches No. 2911”.

The journalists were referred to the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan on Tuesday morning. Journalists Yasin Akgül, Ali Onur Tosun, Bülent Kılıç, Zeynep Kuray, Kurtuluş Arı and Gökhan Kam have been released under judicial control.

The legal procedures of other detained journalists continue.