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Report: Turkey Copying Russia, Using Courts to Target Journalists
A report published by Germany's Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom on Thursday says Turkish and Russian governments are targeting journalists with an increasing number of court cases, using similar strategies.
Turkish Court Jails 14 University Students Over Massive 2021 Protests
Bogazici University students hold anti-government placards and shout slogans during a demonstration against their new rector Melih Bulu, in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo: EPA-EFE/TOLGA BOZOGLU
Turkey’s ‘Disinformation’ Law Will Devastate Media Freedom, Experts Predict
A protester blows a whistle and holds a slogan by Amnesty International reading, 'Free media cannot be silenced' near the Turkish embassy in Berlin, May 3, 2017. Photo: EPA/CLEMENS BILAN
The so-called disinformation law will increase government control and censorship in media and social media platforms, Orhan Sener, head of the Journalists' Union of Turkey's academy, said.