PoliticsAmnesty on Turkey’s media crackdown: ‘Disinformation flourishes when the media landscape narrows’

The state takeover of widely watched Turkish news channel Halk TV is more than an isolated clash between authorities and an independent broadcaster, Amnesty International Turkey campaigner Milena Buyum says. She sees it as part of a wider erosion of media pluralism, alongside state-appointed trustees, journalist detentions and growing curbs on independent digital platforms.