Turkey's media purge after the failed July 2016 coup d'état
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Turkey's media purge after the failed July 2016 coup d'état
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Turkey's media purge after the failed coup d'état on July 15, 2016 resulted in the shutdown of at least 131 media outlets and the arrest of 117 journalists – at least 35 of whom have been indicted for "membership in a terror group". In the wake of the attempted putsch, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government closed down media companies linked to exiled cleric Fethullah Gülen and his Hizmet Movement. Turkey's General Directorate for Press, Broadcasting, and Information also revoked at least 6
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey%27s_media_purge_after_the_failed_July_2016_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
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2016-10-05T20:50:06Z
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2024-08-29T23:22:53Z
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