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Claim: Turkey 'jails journalists'

6 years 6 months ago

May 3 is celebrated as the World Press Freedom Day. During this day, several media outlets used expressions like Turkey “jails” or “oppresses” journalists.

Claim: CNN Turk has become state-run TV

6 years 8 months ago

On 23 March 2018, Fox TV anchorman Tucker Carlson voiced his criticisms against CNN Worldwide’s chairman Jeff Zucker as a reply to his remarks

Claim: Free press ‘withers’ in Turkey

7 years 11 months ago

The New York Times published an article entitled ‘Turkey’s Free Press Withers as Erdogan Jails 120 Journalists’ by Rod Nordland which contains a number of

Claim: Ozgur Gundem “pro-Kurdish”

8 years 3 months ago

On 18 August 2016, Turkish novelist Elif Safak posted a tweet on her personal Twitter account in which she called the Turkish daily newspaper Ozgur Gundem “pro-Kurdis

Claim: RSF’s Turkey representative arrested for showing solidarity with Kurdish media

8 years 5 months ago

RSF (Reporters sans Frontieres - Reporters without Borders) claimed that its Turkey representative Erol Onderoglu was arrested for participating in a campaign in support of Kurdish media outlets.

Claim: Reuters reporter taken into custody in Turkey

8 years 11 months ago

Cihan News Agency (CHA) claimed that Reuters Correspondent Faruk Yuce was taken into custody in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir while he was recording scenes from a rally organized by the Democratic Regions Party (DBP).