WorldAmnesty on Turkey’s media crackdown: ‘Disinformation flourishes when the media landscape is narrowed’
Amnesty International Turkey campaigner Milena Buyum says the state takeover of Halk TV, one of Turkey’s most-watched news channels, is more than an isolated clash between authorities and an independent broadcaster. She describes it as part of a wider erosion of media pluralism, alongside state trustee appointments, journalist detentions and growing restrictions on independent digital platforms, calling the intervention a “brutal attack on media freedom in Turkey.”
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Amnesty on Turkey’s media crackdown: ‘Disinformation flourishes when the media landscape is narrowed’
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