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One journalist shot in the foot, another gets attacked by group

One journalist shot in the foot, another gets attacked by group

by TurkeyPurge | May 25, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

A Turkish journalist was attacked, the fourth in the last two weeks, in Adana province, according to the Bianet news website, after he said he had received threatening messages by phone. Hakan Denizli, owner of the local Egemen daily in Adana, was shot in the foot by...
Access to The Region, Jin News banned in Turkey

Access to The Region, Jin News banned in Turkey

by TurkeyPurge | Jan 26, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

The Turkish Telecommunications Authority (BTK) has banned access to two online news outlets, The Region and the JinNews over security concerns. “On the 22nd of January 2018, the Information Technologies and Communications Authority of Turkey officially blocked local...
Former Zaman reporter sentenced to 6 years in jail over terror charges

Former Zaman reporter sentenced to 6 years in jail over terror charges

by TurkeyPurge | Oct 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

The government-closed Zaman newspaper’s reporter in the northwestern province of Eskişehir was sentenced to 6 years plus 3 months in prison on charges of membership to a terrorist organization on Tuesday. Mehmet Kuru, a father of one and a long-time Zaman reporter...
2 journalists sent to jail over interview with businessman jailed in post-coup investigation

2 journalists sent to jail over interview with businessman jailed in post-coup investigation

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Two out of four local journalists in Turkey’s Gaziantep province who were earlier detained for releasing an interview with jailed businessman Ahmet Selim Ener, were put in pre-trial arrest, on Wednesday. Ener was previously imprisoned over alleged links to the Gülen...
Gov’t puts up for sale properties of 8 media outlets seized from critics

Gov’t puts up for sale properties of 8 media outlets seized from critics

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 24, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Properties belonging to eight of the media outlets that the Turkish government seized under post-coup emergency rule have been put up for sale by the state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) on June 22. In a statement on Thursday, TMSF listed properties...
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