"AKP Uses Intimidation Tactics to Silence Turkish Journalists Critical of Erdogan Government
The Turkish media has recently been reporting on the Turkish AKP government's tactics to silence the voices of opposition among Turkish journalists. Most recently, the prominent senior Turkish writer and journalist Cuneyd Arcayurek of the center left secular daily Cumhuriyet, and the Kanalturk TV channel and its executives and employees have been scrutinized by the Turkish Finance Ministry, which secretly examined their bank accounts and all their financial transactions. Other journalists who oppose the AKP government have in the past been similarly investigated."
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