Turkey Cracks Down on Journalists, Its Next Target After Crushing Coup – The New York Times

Turkey Cracks Down on Journalists, Its Next Target After Crushing Coup (Published 2016)

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government is detaining journalists, while others are being fired or having their credentials revoked.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/world/europe/turkey-cracks-down-on-journalists-its-next-target-after-failed-coup.html

One journalist, who was on vacation, had his home raided in the early morning by the police. Others were called in to their bosses’ offices last week and fired, with little explanation. Dozens of reporters have had their press credentials revoked.

A pro-government newspaper, meanwhile, published a list of names and photographs of journalists suspected of treachery.