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1/23/18

Turkey: Freedom of Expression Curbed - Turkey ′terror propaganda′ crackdown sees dozens arrested for social media comments

The German daily Tagezeitung said on Tuesday that journalists from its Turkish publication Taz Gazete had been arrested by anti-terror police.

"As we write, the Ankara apartments of journalists who took positions against the war in Afrin are being stormed and searched," the newspaper wrote on Twitter, referencing Turkey's decision to send ground troops into Kurdish areas of Syria.

"Among them are our writer Hayri Demir and Sibel Hurtas of Arti Gercek," the statement continued, "in the same context the journalist Idris Yilmaz was arrested in Van and Nurcan Baysas and Ishak Karatas were detained in Istanbul."

Read more: Turkey ′terror propaganda′ crackdown sees dozens arrested for social media comments | News | DW | 23.01.2018

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