More journalists detained by Turkey after covering anti-government protests

University students march past a photograph of Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Istanbul during one protest. File picture: Francisco Seco/AP

Two journalists were detained in dawn raids in Istanbul early on Friday as part of a crackdown on media workers covering Turkey’s largest protests for more than a decade, their outlets reported.

Elif Bayburt, who works for the Etkin News Agency, and Nisa Suda Demirel, from the Evrensel news website, were the latest to be arrested in early morning sweeps that have targeted political activists and trade unionists as well as journalists.