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The Turkish authorities have arrested an editor at Hurriyet newspaper in a series of measures against journalists and other people accused of being involved in the failed coup last month.

According to the source, Dincer Gokce, an editor at Hurriyet, was arrested along with nine other people, after the public prosecutor of Istanbul has issued warrants of detention for 35 people believed to be supporters of Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, exiled in the US, which Turkey accuses of being the ‘brain’ of the failed coup.

Hurriyet, one of the best-selling newspapers in Turkey, which adopted a more pro-government line, announced that some of the 35 warrants were on behalf of the journalists, but did not specify exactly how many. At least 18 of them were abroad, Hurriyet added.

Since the collapse of the coup on 15-16 July and the declaration of the state of emergency, the Turkish authorities have closed over 130 media centers and arrested over 60 journalists, according to the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), based in Brussels.

On the other hand, the procured news station Ozgur Gun announced on Tuesday that broadcasting in Turkey was interrupted while continuing to operate in the country and online, reports DPA.

There is no official notification from the Turkish authority in broadcasting news on this post, based in Diyarbakir, a majority Kurdish city in southeastern Turkey, but noted that the post was removed from the Turkish satellite transmission system.

If the information is confirmed, the decision comes after Sunday’s raidsat the Kurdish Azadiya Welat daily, from Diyarbakir.

Following the searches, about 20 people were arrested, among whom there were also some journalists.