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Turkey: Press Freedom in the grip of major crackdown following failed coup
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Publisher:  International Federation of Journalists
Date Written:  28/07/2016
Year Published:  2016  
Resource Type:  Article

An ongoing crackdown on the media in Turkey has led to the arrests of more journalists and raids on their homes. The International and the European Federation of journalists (IFJ/EFJ) today denounced the deterioration of democratic rule

Abstract:  UPDATED 27.07.2016 - An ongoing crackdown on the media in Turkey has led to the arrests of more journalists and raids on their homes. The International and the European Federation of journalists (IFJ/EFJ) today denounced the deterioration of democratic rule, of which press freedom is one of the pillars.

On 22 July, Zehra Dogan, painter and editor at women’s news agency JINHA, was arrested by police in Mardin, south-east of Turkey. She was taken to the Nusaybin police office the following da...
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