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title: "Press organizations issue joint statement: reaction to access blocks and arrests"
url: https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-18-press-organizations-issue-joint-statement-reaction/
lang: en
date: 2026-09-18
updated: 2026-09-18T13:58:17.341Z
category: society
sources: 1
agreement: single-source
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# Press organizations issue joint statement: reaction to access blocks and arrests

Press organizations, including the Dicle Fırat Journalists Association, MLSA and the Progressive Journalists Association, criticized arrests carried out over news content and access blocks imposed by a decision of Istanbul 7th Criminal Court of Peace on September 12.

## Who is in this story

- [Dicle Fırat Journalists Association](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/dicle-firat-gazeteciler-dernegi/) — Institutions
- [Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA)](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/mlsa/) — Institutions
- [Progressive Journalists Association](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/cagdas-gazeteciler-dernegi/) — Institutions
- [Yeni Yaşam](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/yeni-yasam/) — Media

## News sources

- [Basın örgütlerinden ortak açıklama: Gazetecilik suç değildir, haber alma hakkı engellenemez](https://yeniyasamgazetesi9.com/basin-orgutlerinden-ortak-aciklama-gazetecilik-suc-degildir-haber-alma-hakki-engellenemez/) — Yeni Yaşam (opposition) — 2026-09-18

## Other editions

- tr: https://gazete.tv/tr/story/2026-09-18-basin-orgutlerinden-ortak-aciklama-erisim-engelleri/
- ar: https://gazete.tv/ar/story/2026-09-18-press-organizations-issue-joint-statement-reaction/
- ru: https://gazete.tv/ru/story/2026-09-18-sovmestnoe-zayavlenie-organizatsiy-pressy-reaktsiya/

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