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Turkey Continues Crackdown
Turkey silences criticism of the regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by jailing journalists. Most are arrested on alleged terrorism or anti-state charges. Since an unsuccessful attempt to oust Erdogan in 2016, hundreds of broadcast outlets, newspapers and magazines have been shut down as Erdogan targets critics of his campaign to consolidate power. Fourteen journalists, lawyers and board members of the leading opposition newspaper, Cumhuriyet, are serving prison sentences of up to seven years for trumped-up charges of aiding terrorist organizations. |