Outnumbered outlets: Turkey’s post-coup media crackdown
The story of Turkey’s media crackdown, told through the numbers. Plus, the state of the media in Serbia today.
On The Listening Post this week: The story of Turkey’s media crackdown, told through the numbers. Plus, the state of the media in Serbia.
Turkey’s media: After the attempted coup, the closures
Since the attempted coup in Turkey in July, not a week has gone by without news of a journalist’s arrest, a revoked press card or the closure of a media outlet. We look at the scale of the crackdown – how many news outlets have been closed and how many are left?
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Talking us through the story are: Ahmet Sik, journalist, Cumhuriyet; Beritan Canozer, journalist, JINHA News Agency; Mehmet Akarca, general manager, Press Regulator; Ceren Sozeri, media scholar; and Yildiray Ogur, journalist, Turkiye newspaper.
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A curious media ‘exhibition’ in Serbia
The Serbian government is pushing back against accusations of censorship by sponsoring a travelling exhibition of critical media content called “Uncensored Lies”. We went to take a look. All was not as it seemed.
Talking us through the story are: Maja Kocijancic, spokeswoman, EU Foreign Affairs; Vukasin Obradovic, president, Association of Independent Journalists; Nebojsa Stefanovic, Serbian vice president and interior minister; and Aleksandar Dordevic, investigative journalist, BIRN project.