ISTANBUL - Journalists detained in the Istanbul based operation were referred to the judgeship with a request for arrest.
Journalists Necla Demir, Rahime Karvar, Ahmet Güneş, Welat Ekin, Reyhan Hacıoğlu and Vedat Örüç, who were detained in house raids on 17 January as part of an Istanbul based investigation, were referred to the court with a request for arrest after their statements to the prosecutor's office.
The prosecutor referred journalists to the court for arrest on the allegation of "membership in an illegal organization" without taking their testifies.
The journalists are charged for their news reports and discussion programmes. Evaluations on the isolation of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan are also among the charges against the journalists.