Following a court order shuttering the newspaper, police in Istanbul yesterday raided Özgür Gündem’s office and detained at least 21 journalists, according to news reports.
Özgür Gündem faces charges of propagandizing for a terrorist organization - the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which the Turkish government lists as a terrorist group – incitement to insurrection, and publishing articles that threaten the security and territorial integrity of the state.
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