Gjestet Norge - arrestert i Tyrkia

I tillegg til jobben som kommentator er Gürsel også leder for IPIs tyrkiske komité og medlem av det internasjonale styret. Han ble arrestert mandag, sammen med 13 av sine kolleger. Nå oppfordrer IPI sine medlemmer om å ta aktivt del i en protest mot at tyrkiske myndigheter forsøker å stenge den siste redaksjonen som har vært kritiske overfor det sittende regimet. Blant dem som allerede har gitt sitt bidrag er lederen for IPIs norske komité, nyhetsredaktør Ole Kristian Bjellaanes i NTB.

Dette er appellen fra IPI:

Dear IPI Members,

Yesterday, 31 October, the Turkish police launched a mass operation against the newspaper Cumhuriyet, one of the last remaining sources of independent news and information in Turkey.
Police arrested at least 13 journalists at the newspaper, including Editor-in-Chief and IPI Member Murat Sabuncu and IPI's Executive Board Member Kadri Gürsel, who is also the chair of IPI’s Turkey National Committee.
This has to end! And we need to take a stand and unite our voices to call on Turkish authorities to free Kadri Gürsel, Murat Sabuncu and their colleagues at Cumhuriyet immediately!

We are asking our members to join us in our call. Share your support! We need social media to be full of our hashtags:
Show the Turkish government that the journalistic community is a strong and global one! Here is what you can do:

* Make a video or take a photo asking the Turkish government for the immediate release of the Cumhuriyet journalists! We can help you to do this. Please send us an e-mail here.

* Use our hashstags and our images on social media: #FreeKadri, #FreeMurat and #FreeTurkeyJournalists. Download images here: Kadri&Murat FreeTurkeyJournalists

• * Share, share, share on social media!

Take a look at our Facebook page and Twitter to see how already many of our Board Members and Members have added their voices to our call!