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President Erdogan's attempts to silence Turkish satirists: not working | Public Radio International

President Erdogan's attempts to silence Turkish satirists: not working

PRI's The World

August 04, 2016 · 5:00 PM EDT
Producer Carol Hills

Ergin Asyali, July 20, 2016

Turkey is still reverberating from the failed coup attempt on July 15. For President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it means a government purge of thousands or people and the detention of thousands more. It also means a crackdown on the press, including Turkey's lively satirical press.

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