Third Journalist Killed in 3 Months in Turkey in Suspected AssassinationBy Claire Bernish Jerf, editor-in-chief of the Syrian independent monthly, Hentah, created anti-Islamic State documentaries detailing violent atrocities by the group in caliphate-controlled territory. Most recently, he published adocumentary for the group, Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, that details the brutal killings of Syrian activists during Islamic States occupation of Aleppo throughout 2013 and 2014. It garnered over 12 million views when Al-Arabiya posted it to its Facebook page. A statement from RBSS on Twitter Sunday stated, Film maker Naji Jerf, father of two children, was assassinated today in Gaziantep. According to Turkish news outlet T24, He was hit by a bullet in the head as he was walking in the street and taken to hospital, where he died, reported the Hurriyet. News of Jerfs murder, described as an assassination by many, comes less than two months after Syrian journalists Ibrahim Abd al-Qader and Fares Hamadi were found brutally stabbed and beheaded in an apartment in Sanliurfa in Southeastern Turkey, on October 30. Two days after their murders, Islamic State supporters claimed responsibility in a video posted to social media, reported the Committee to Protect Journalists. The supporters said the double murder should serve as a warning to all apostates [that] they will be slaughtered silently a morbid perversion of the RBSS journalist collectives title. In a subsequent interview with NBC News, Ibrahims brother, Ahmed, explained how the two journalists known targets of the Islamic State who had not been careless with security measures ended up murdered. According to Ahmed, a supposed IS defector, Tlas Surur, gained the pairs trust, taking advantage of Ibrahims friendly nature to the point they considered him family. Ahmed also showed NBC News the windows of Sururs rented apartment across the alley [from where Ibrahim and Ahmeds family lived]. He says Surur covered them with cardboard and blankets right before the murders and invited two accomplices. A Turkish police source told NBC News that other evidence linking Surur to the murder[s] has been found. Ibrahims brother believes that Surur managed to slip back [into] Syria [and subsequently] rejoined ISIS. But he hasnt remained silent. According to NBC, during preparations for continuing the interview, Ahmed received numerous text messages from Surur, himself, which he read aloud. We killed Ibrahim to break your hearts and we will come after you with another knife, one text stated. If they think this will stop me, they are wrong, Ahmed asserted after receiving that threat. Im more determined. We will keep going until we are finished with ISIS. This is a promise for Ibrahim and all of the victims of Raqqa. Journalists arent the only group in peril in Turkey, as a number of activists have also been killed some under exceedingly suspicious circumstances, as in the case of a prominent Kurdish rights activist and lawyer who was shot to death midday on November 28. In the midst of a speech in front of a crowd of onlookers, head of the Diyarkabr Bar Association, Tahir Eli, waskilled in a barrage of gunfire by unidentified assailants. Though most of the 17-second attack was captured on video by two police officers at the scene, both managed to somehow miss the exact moment Eli was killed. A storm of controversy has erupted over the incident which, incidentally, also left at least three people injured including correspondents of the Anatolia and Doan news agencies and a Turkish police officer dead. A second officer died later in the hospital from injuries he received in the attack. A slightly more detailed account was reported by RT, claiming Doan had recorded a video of the incident, showing a group of gunmen hiding behind a minaret of a nearby mosque, and when Eli finished speaking, the group opened fire at the lawyer and people standing beside him. From the moment gunmen started shooting, suspicion of possible Turkish government involvement began to swirl, as pro-Kurdish HDP Party (Peoples Democratic Party) called the shooting a planned assassination. Eli previously made headlines in October, when he was arrested for spreading terrorist propaganda after saying the PKK [Kurdistan Workers Party] is not a terrorist group during an interview that aired on CNN Trk. Despite its being designated a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States, and the European Union, Eli ruffled feathers by describing PKK as an armed political organization with large support. He was released pending trial the day after being arrested but was prohibited from traveling abroad. CNN Trk received a fine of 70,000 (just over $24,000) from the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTK) over the incident, and will reportedly have its license revoked for any repeat offenses. British journalist Jacky Sutton was found dead under dubious circumstances in an Istanbul airport in October. American journalist Serena Shim was killed in a highly suspect car accident in the border region of Turkey and Syria just over a year ago, though her family has yet to receive any answers from an unusually tight-lipped White House. With an alarmingly lengthy list of dead journalists and activists, its becoming increasingly clear the Turkish government, indeed, has a vested interest in suppressing the truth. Journalists are in danger outside of Turkey, too. In 2015 alone, 110 journalists were killed around the world mostly in peaceful countries. The high death toll is largely attributable to deliberate violence against journalists, according to Reporters Without Borders. 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