DİYARBAKIR – Sealed association ÖGC (Free Journalists Association) co-chair Hakkı Boltan state that we will act upon the truth not upon their seal”.

370 associations had closed in November 11 by the ministry of interior decree. One of the closed associations is ÖGC which had been established Kurdish Journalist Day in 22 April 2013.Association had collaborated with over 400 journalists since it had established. Boltan “From that day on we have 400 members and we had run numerous report about journalists issues with our members. Beside that our member journalists had followed the news under heavy conditions in Cizre,Sur,Gever and Nusaybin during curfew” said.

Boltan “You may close our association but we will keep working as we did before. We will not give an inch.” said