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‘Young, old, conservative, liberal’: Turkey in shock over journalists’ arrest
Source: The Observer
‘Young, old, conservative, liberal’: Turkey in shock over journalists’ arrest
Exiled writer Mahir Zeynalov brings news of president Erdoğan’s
crackdown on the media after coup attempt to the world
Emma Graham-Harrison
Saturday 30 July 2016 23.40 BST
Turkish media are in a state of shock this weekend after the government arrested 17 journalists in recent days on terror charges and issued arrest warrants for dozens more, in what a press freedom group has warned is a “sweeping purge” of the sector.
Turkey had already ordered the closure of more than 100 papers, broadcasters and publishing houses as part of a crackdown after the failed 15 July coup attempt, before sending police to round up reporters, columnists, a novelist and social commentators.
The impact of those arrests was documented by US-based journalist and government critic Mahir Zeynalov, who was expelled from Turkey for his work two years ago and who took to Twitter to commemorate the work and reputations of the journalists arrested.
“Everybody was highlighting numbers and statistics, but nobody really explained who these people are,” he told the Observer. Some are personal friends, others celebrated within the profession and several are nationally famous.
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Exiled writer Mahir Zeynalov brings news of president Erdoğan’s
crackdown on the media after coup attempt to the world
Emma Graham-Harrison
Saturday 30 July 2016 23.40 BST
Turkish media are in a state of shock this weekend after the government arrested 17 journalists in recent days on terror charges and issued arrest warrants for dozens more, in what a press freedom group has warned is a “sweeping purge” of the sector.
Turkey had already ordered the closure of more than 100 papers, broadcasters and publishing houses as part of a crackdown after the failed 15 July coup attempt, before sending police to round up reporters, columnists, a novelist and social commentators.
The impact of those arrests was documented by US-based journalist and government critic Mahir Zeynalov, who was expelled from Turkey for his work two years ago and who took to Twitter to commemorate the work and reputations of the journalists arrested.
“Everybody was highlighting numbers and statistics, but nobody really explained who these people are,” he told the Observer. Some are personal friends, others celebrated within the profession and several are nationally famous.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/30/turkey-journalists-arrest-nation-shock-coup
