Dutch journalists have been threatened in aftermath of Turkish coup attempt
Turkey’s media crackdown has reached the Netherlands
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The cancellation of three radio programmes on 4 July by Croatia’s public broadcaster marks the latest in a line of sweeping changes the network has undergone since January 2016.
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It was a long Saturday night for all of us, at home and abroad, monitoring the worrisome developments around media freedom in Turkey
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More than 30,000 people have signed a petition to have a book withdrawn from the Spanish market.
Yavuz Baydar: Silence is the enemy of democracy
Ministers are empowered to close TV, radio, websites and, even, book publishers. Prosecutors are required to follow those orders. This means a total end of media freedom in Turkey.
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The spotlight has been on Turkey following the attempted coup against President Recep Erdogan and the government’s ensuing crackdown on journalists, teachers, judges and soldiers. How did it come to this?
Yavuz Baydar: Turkey’s rounding up reporters, editors and columnists
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