In Turkey, the editors of left-leaning magazine Nokta have been arrested and charged with attempting to instigate a coup after it published a cover suggesting the results of Sunday’s national election could lead to a “civil war.” The party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan regained its parliamentary majority on Sunday. The victory helps Erdogan strengthen a hold on power critics say has become increasingly authoritarian. Nokta editor Ismail Eren spoke out about the magazine cover and his colleagues’ arrest.

Ismail Eren: “We picked our cover with the idea that the results of the election may polarize the country and may bring the people to a breaking point. It was not an insult or a provocation. When you read the story, you can see that it is just the summary of what has been going on. But the prosecutor’s office interpreted that as abetment and decided to take our magazine out of circulation, and they also detained our editor-in-chief, Cevheri Güven, and editor Murat Çapan.”