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Turkey: Police Arrest Journalists of Award-Winning Cumhuriyet Newspaper

HeadlineNov 01, 2016

In Turkey, police raided the Istanbul office of the prominent Cumhuriyet newspaper, detaining at least 12 journalists and administrators on terrorism charges. The newspaper also reports its editor and one of its columnists were detained after their homes were raided by Turkish police. The Cumhuriyet newspaper won the 2016 Right Livelihood Award. This comes amid an ongoing crackdown in Turkey following the failed military coup in July. On Saturday, the Turkish government fired 10,000 civil servants and ordered 15 news outlets to shut down.

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