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Pro-gov’t paper fires columnist due to tweet on low circulation figures

Pro-gov’t paper fires columnist due to tweet on low circulation figures

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 26, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

Teoman Kadioglu, a columnist with the Posta newspaper for 15 years, has been fired over a tweet he posted about decreasing sales of a sister publication. “Hurriyet newspaper has a actual daily circulation of 28,000 in Istanbul. It is 60,000 in Turkey as a whole. Are...
With printing house seized, Turkey’s only Kurdish daily newspaper tries to survive with photocopying

With printing house seized, Turkey’s only Kurdish daily newspaper tries to survive with photocopying

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 1, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Turkey’s only Kurdish daily newspaper Rojnameya Welat has ceased its print edition as the printing house that publishes the newspaper was taken over by the government last week. Turkish authorities took control of the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper and the...
Cumhuriyet’s Şık, Sabuncu released as CEO Akın Atalay remains behind bars

Cumhuriyet’s Şık, Sabuncu released as CEO Akın Atalay remains behind bars

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

A Turkish court on Friday evening decided to release Cumhuriyet daily Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu and journalist Ahmet Şık while ruling for a continuation of the imprisonment of another defendant in the same trial, Cumhuriyet CEO Akın Atalay. “The days when we will...
Turkey arrests yet another journalist over terror charges

Turkey arrests yet another journalist over terror charges

by TurkeyPurge | Sep 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Kemal Özer, a reporter and nature photographer for Evrensel daily newspaper, was put in pretrial detention on terror charges on Friday. Detained in Tunceli province as part of an investigation into the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Sept 4, Özer was...
Pro-gov’t Sabah daily sets up hotline to profile Gulenists in Europe

Pro-gov’t Sabah daily sets up hotline to profile Gulenists in Europe

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 21, 2017 | Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses

The pro-government Sabah daily has established a hotline to receive tips about the the Europe-based followers of the Gülen Movement, which the President along with top state officials pinned the blame on for the July 15 coup attempt. Sabah Avrupa, the newspaper’s...
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