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Turkey Arrests Journalists It Ties to Outlawed Group - WSJ.com

Turkey Arrests Journalists It Ties to Outlawed Group

BY AYLA ALBAYRAK

ISTANBUL—Twenty-six journalists were among the suspects arrested on Tuesday in a crackdown on an organization tied to Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, a media watchdog said, heightening criticism of the country's record on press freedom.

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