Ankara: Turkish law enforcement authorities have arrested nine individuals, including seven journalists, for participating in a protest on Sunday, despite a ban on demonstrations.

According to the French news agency AFP, human rights organizations stated that the protest was held in response to the killing of two Kurdish journalists in northern Syria due to a Turkish drone strike.

The two Kurdish media workers, 32-year-old Nazim Dushdan and 29-year-old Jihan Bilkin, were killed on Thursday in an explosion near the Tishreen Dam while working in Syria.