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Friday, June 20, 2014

Turkish media forbidden to mention 80 Turkish hostages in Iraq - Reporters Without Borders

Turkish media forbidden to mention 80 Turkish hostages in Iraq
Published on Thursday 19 June 2014.

The Turkish authorities have yet again reacted to a problem by imposing censorship. On 16 June, an Ankara court banned all Turkish media, including online media, from mentioning the abduction of 80 Turkish citizens in northern Iraq by the Jihadi militant group Islamic State in Syria and the Levant (ISIS).

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