Sunday, November 6, 2016

Outnumbered outlets: Turkey's post-coup media crackdown




The story of Turkey's media crackdown, told through the numbers. Plus, the state of the media in Serbia today.



On The Listening Post this week: The story of Turkey's media crackdown, told through the numbers. Plus, the state of the media in Serbia.

Turkey's media: After the attempted coup, the closures

Since the attempted coup in Turkey in July, not a week has gone by without news of a journalist's arrest, a revoked press card or the closure of a media outlet. We look at the scale of the crackdown - how many news outlets have been closed and how many are left?
Talking us through the story are: Ahmet Sik, journalist, Cumhuriyet; Beritan Canozer, journalist, JINHA News Agency; Mehmet Akarca, general manager, Press Regulator; Ceren Sozeri, media scholar; and Yildiray Ogur, journalist, Turkiye newspaper.









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