Chief prosecutor in Turkey orders detention of 35 journalists over ByLock

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Chief public prosecutor in İstanbul has launched an investigation against 35 journalists and ordered for them to be taken into custody over alleged usage of ByLock application, a smart-phone communication application claimed by authorities in Turkey as a tool that had been used by the followers of the alleged coup plotters.

Web editor of Turkey's opposition newspaper BirGün taken into custody

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Among the journalists who have most recently been taken into custody are our Web Editor Burak Ekici; former reporter from shut-down Zaman and Cihan Muhsin Pilgir; İHA’s intelligence director Ömer Faruk Aydemir; and, former news director of shut-down Samanyolu TV Cüneyt Seza Özkan.

Source: http://www.birgun.net/haber-detay/istanbul-da-operasyon-35-gazeteci-hakkinda-gozalti-karari-174103.html