"My case, and others like it, belies the notion that
Erdogan is any kind of believer in press freedom or human rights — an
image he’s tried to cultivate
in the wake of Saudi Arabia’s killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in
Istanbul. My arrest was a perverse confirmation of the authoritarianism
I’ve spent the past several years chronicling and opposing...
Journalists have been caught up in the web of anti-terrorism pretexts, too. Last December, the Committee to Protect Journalists reported that “every journalist CPJ found jailed for their work in Turkey is under investigation for, or charged with, anti-state crimes, as was true of last year’s census.”"
Journalists have been caught up in the web of anti-terrorism pretexts, too. Last December, the Committee to Protect Journalists reported that “every journalist CPJ found jailed for their work in Turkey is under investigation for, or charged with, anti-state crimes, as was true of last year’s census.”"
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