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Turkey: 11 Kurdish journalists detained in simultaneous house raids

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Police carried out raids in several Turkish cities on Tuesday and detained 11 journalists affiliated with pro-Kurdish media for their alleged links to Kurdish militants, officials and reports said. The detentions come days after Turkey ratified a controversial new media law that mandates prison terms for people deemed to be spreading “disinformation” for the purpose of causing “public worry, fear and panic.” Critics of the law have said they fear President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government — which already controls most news outlets — will use it to further crack down on social media and independent reporting as the country heads toward elections.

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Associated Press News

Turkey detains 11 journalists working for pro-Kurdish media

Officials and reports say police have detained 11 journalists affiliated with pro-Kurdish media for their alleged links to Kurdish militants. The detentions on Tuesday came days after Turkey ratified a

1 year ago·United States

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abc News

Turkey detains 11 journalists working for pro-Kurdish media

Officials and reports say police have detained 11 journalists affiliated with pro-Kurdish media for their alleged links to Kurdish militants

1 year ago·United States

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Irish Independent

Turkey detains 11 journalists working for pro-Kurdish media

Police carried out raids in several Turkish cities on Tuesday and detained 11 journalists affiliated with pro-Kurdish media for their alleged links to Kurdish militants, officials said.

1 year ago·Ireland

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Infobae

Turkish police raided Kurdish media and arrested opposition journalists on the orders of Recep Tayyip Erdogan

At least ten reporters were arrested in Istanbul, Ankara and Diyarbakir, among other cities. Activists and human rights defenders denounce censorship and an attack on press freedom

1 year ago·C A B A, Argentina

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Bangkok Post

Turkey police raid pro-Kurdish news outlets, detain journalists

ISTANBUL: Turkish police on Tuesday searched the premises of several pro-Kurdish media outlets and raided journalists' houses in Istanbul and other cities including in the Kurdish-majority southeast -- a move blasted by rights advocates as censorship.

2 years ago·กทม, Thailand

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Zeit Online

Turkey: Ten journalists from pro-Kurdish media arrested

In der Türkei soll die Polizei prokurdische Redaktionen durchsucht und mehrere Mitarbeiter festgenommen haben. Die Regierung hatte die Mediengesetze zuletzt verschärft.

1 year ago·Germany

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