Alesker Mammadli and Ruslan Izzetli detained

Alesker Mammadli, a well-known media expert and founder of “Toplum TV”, was detained this morning by plainclothes officers.

It happened around 11:00 a.m. when Mammadli left the Istanbul clinic where he was examined, his niece Gulzar Mammadli said.

When Mammadli approached his car, he was seized by plainclothes men, put in another car and taken away in an unknown direction.

Ruslan Izzetli, a member of the “Platform III Republic”, was also detained in front of the Khatai police department today. He was put in a black car and taken away in an unknown direction, “Toplum TV” editor-in-chief Khadija Ismail said.

Note that Izzetli was already detained on March 6, but he was released around midnight.