.- About 20 000 health workers and six thousand and eight thousand journalists said today in Ankara and Istanbul against the policies of the moderate Islamist government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the arrest of more than 68 colleagues. In the largest protest of the press in recent years, thousands of reporters marched down Istanbul's Istiklal Avenue to the central Taksim Square to demand the release of 68 journalists imprisoned in Turkey in recent weeks.
Speaking to EFE, the spokesman for the Freedom for Journalists Platform, Ercan Ipekci, said many reporters are asking whether, after the arrests of colleagues within the network operation against alleged Ergenekon coup in recent weeks, they They reached the turn. "We express only ourselves, but for the right information from people.
The government can not escape their responsibilities," he said. At the rally, chaired by a string consisting of the 51 national newspapers in the country, involving relatives of the imprisoned journalists, some of Turkey's most famous journalists and members of political parties and NGOs.
"We demand the release of our colleagues and, if they are judged, as they are on probation. We also call for changes in laws that restrict freedom of expression, "said Ipekci. Thousands of informants also said last week in Istanbul and Ankara, following the arrest of investigative journalists and Nedim Sener Ahmet Sik, accused of belonging to the network and ultranationalist Ergenekon coup, something that does not fit with the past or ideas both professionals.
According to the Prosecutor of Istanbul, which is investigating the case since 2007, Ergenekon is a secret network formed by the military, politicians, academics and journalists, whose objective would be to sow chaos in the country in order to justify a coup against the government of Erdogan.
However, many analysts have criticized the research because, they say, this performance has become an excuse to detain government opponents. Protesters reported that on Saturday journalists will make a similar protest in Ankara. On the other hand, about 20 thousand workers of the Turkish Health met in Ankara to protest the government's health policy Erdogan.
"No to privatization of health", "I'ma doctor, not a merchant," Health is a right, not sold, "were some of the slogans that were chanted during the march. The Turkish government passed a law that assesses performance in the public health system, to resist what doctors, who argue that trying to compete for a greater number of patients will reduce the quality of diagnosis and treatment. 
Speaking to EFE, the spokesman for the Freedom for Journalists Platform, Ercan Ipekci, said many reporters are asking whether, after the arrests of colleagues within the network operation against alleged Ergenekon coup in recent weeks, they They reached the turn. "We express only ourselves, but for the right information from people.
The government can not escape their responsibilities," he said. At the rally, chaired by a string consisting of the 51 national newspapers in the country, involving relatives of the imprisoned journalists, some of Turkey's most famous journalists and members of political parties and NGOs.
"We demand the release of our colleagues and, if they are judged, as they are on probation. We also call for changes in laws that restrict freedom of expression, "said Ipekci. Thousands of informants also said last week in Istanbul and Ankara, following the arrest of investigative journalists and Nedim Sener Ahmet Sik, accused of belonging to the network and ultranationalist Ergenekon coup, something that does not fit with the past or ideas both professionals.
According to the Prosecutor of Istanbul, which is investigating the case since 2007, Ergenekon is a secret network formed by the military, politicians, academics and journalists, whose objective would be to sow chaos in the country in order to justify a coup against the government of Erdogan.
However, many analysts have criticized the research because, they say, this performance has become an excuse to detain government opponents. Protesters reported that on Saturday journalists will make a similar protest in Ankara. On the other hand, about 20 thousand workers of the Turkish Health met in Ankara to protest the government's health policy Erdogan.
"No to privatization of health", "I'ma doctor, not a merchant," Health is a right, not sold, "were some of the slogans that were chanted during the march. The Turkish government passed a law that assesses performance in the public health system, to resist what doctors, who argue that trying to compete for a greater number of patients will reduce the quality of diagnosis and treatment.
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