Turkey - Police storm opposition media outlets four days ahead of elections

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns an all-out government offensive against a media group whose parent company, Koza Ipek Holding, is owned by an ally of Fethullah Gülen, an influential Muslim preacher who once backed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and is now one of his bitterest rivals and enemies. Police stormed the Ipek Media Group's headquarters in Istanbul at dawn today, disconnecting the signal of one of its TV stations, Kanaltürk, and trying to cut the signal of another, Bugün TV. With (...)

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