Journalists Arrested in Turkey as NATO Summit Looms
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Israel: Erdogan’s NATO summit crackdown shows fear of public
Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Monday accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government of fearing its own citizens as Turkey hosts a NATO summit in Ankara this week.Erdogan’s Turkey was welcoming the summit “while arresting opposition leaders, silencing journalists, banning protests, and censoring independent media,” the ministry said in an X post on Monday.“When a government fears its own people, it tells you everything you need to kno…
Human rights expert Emma Sinclair-Webb sees a new level of escalation in the wave of arrests before the NATO summit in Turkey. Here she explains why the government fears Satire as well.
The Financial Times reports that Turkish authorities detained two journalists and dozens of opposition activists ahead of the NATO summit. Authorities also arrested a comedian known for mocking the Turkish president.
For the past two weeks, the authorities have carried out dozens of arrests across the country targeting lawyers, political opponents, students, environmental activists and journalists.
Shortly before the NATO summit, Turkish authorities arrested journalists, scientists and members of left-wing groups. Several people die in Russian attacks on Kyiv. The DW news review.
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