Turkish journalists jailed for filming near Nato base hosting US troops

South China Morning Post · Mar 1, 2026 · Collected from RSS

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The Turkish Journalists’ Union (TGS) on Sunday demanded the release of three journalists arrested in connection with footage filmed near a sensitive airbase that hosts US troops in southern Turkey.The footage was shot near the Incirlik airbase for Turkey’s independent Anka news agency as Israel and the US began striking Iran, which retaliated with missile barrages against Gulf states hosting US bases, and against Israel.The Turkish base, which has hosted US troops for decades, is a key Nato facility which lies about 10 kilometres (six miles) from the southern city of Adana.The footage was shot by Koza TV which was contracted to supply broadcast footage to Anka.Among those arrested were Anka editor-in-chief Kenan Sener, Koza TV reporter Sergen Olcer and Koza TV general manager Mehlika Bilen, TGS said, denouncing the move as “unacceptable”.“It is unacceptable that journalists doing their jobs on a topic closely related to a war breaking out in our region be detained. We stand with our colleagues. The journalists must be released immediately. #JournalismIsNotACrime,” it wrote on X.

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