by TurkeyPurge | Jan 5, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The press card of veteran journalists Amberin Zaman has been cancelled by the Prime Ministry’s Directorate General of Press and Information due to a tweet she posted in the aftermath of a nightclub attack in İstanbul in the early hours of New Year’s Day. The number of...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 2, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish authorities have cancelled the permanent press cards of 115 journalists for their alleged links to the Gülen movement, the state run Anadolu news agency reported. According to a statement by the General Directorate of Press and Information, Nazlı Ilıcak, Ergun...