ANKARA - MA and JINNEWS reporters, accused of their news reports, were referred to the court with a request for arrest after their statements were taken at the prosecutor's office.

Mesopotamia Agency (MA) and JINNEWS reporters, who were detained on October 25 as part of the Ankara-based investigation, were referred to court with a request of arrest after 4 days of detention.

After 5 hours, the prosecutor's office made a decision and MA Editor-in-Chief Diren Yurtsever, MA reporters Berivan Altan, Deniz Nazlım, Selman Güzelyüz, Hakan Yalçın, Ceylan Şahinli, Emrullah Acar, and JINNEWS reporters Habibe Eren and Öznur Değer were referred to the court with a request of arrest.

Mehmet Günhan, who was a trainee at MA for a while, was referred to the court on condition of judicial control.