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Cumhuriyet

The Turkish President Erdoğan’s habit of confiscating cigarettes and eliciting a promise from the owners to give up famously involved the Bulgarian Foreign Minister in 2016, and inspired the Cumhuriyet columnist Kadri Gürsel’s 'Erdoğan Wants to Become the New Father to Turks'. Last week, Gürsel was sentenced to two years and six months in prison for his comments that included, ‘Turkey only needs a rebellious child like Muhammad Buazizi, who provided the spark that toppled the Tunisian dictator.’

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Andrew Heslop's picture

Andrew Heslop

Date

2018-04-30 14:04

A coalition of 14 leading international press freedom and freedom of expression organisations today condemned as an “extraordinary attack on press freedom” the jailing of top journalists with Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper and the closure of 15 pro-Kurdish media in a letter to leading Turkish officials.

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Hedvig Lundstrom's picture

Hedvig Lundstrom

Date

2016-11-02 15:50

Leading international free expression and press freedom groups condemn government’s refusal to allow supporters to visit pair jailed for their reporting, call for their release

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Andrew Heslop's picture

Andrew Heslop

Date

2016-01-27 13:28

WAN-IFRA has joined signatories of an appeal organised by RSF in accusing the Turkish authorities of “persecuting journalists of all colours in an increasingly ferocious manner” and urges them “to free Can Dündar and Erdem Gül without delay."

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Andrew Heslop's picture

Andrew Heslop

Date

2015-12-01 12:48

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