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Turkish Media Denounce 'Biggest Crackdown On Press In Republic’s History'

Turkish Media Denounce 'Biggest Crackdown On Press In Republic’s History'
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Media Fellow, The Huffington Post

Turkish media are coming under what local journalists have described as one of the worst crackdowns in the republic’s history in the run-up to crucial parliamentary elections that may put an end to over a decade of single-party rule by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development party (AKP).

Journalists critical of Erdoğan or government policies have been fired from newspapers seen as close to the president and even assaulted, while offices of pro-opposition media outlets have been raided in what observers say is a broad campaign to intimidate voices demanding change and accountability in Ankara.

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