List of media outlets shut down in the 2016 Turkish purges

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This is a list of media outlets that were shut down in the course of the 2016 Turkish purges.

On 27 July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shut down 16 television channels, 23 radio stations, 45 daily newspapers, 15 magazines and 29 publishing houses in another emergency decree under the newly adopted emergency legislation.[1] In October 2016 the Turkish government issued another decree which closed further news outlets. According to the European Federation of Journalists, 168 media outlets have been shut down during the state of emergency following the coup d'état attempt in July 2016.[2]

News agencies[]

The following four news agencies were shut down in July 2016:

  1. Cihan News Agency

Closed in October 2016:[2]

  1. Dicle News Agency (DİHA)
  2. Jin News Agency

Newspapers[]

The following newspapers were shut down:

Closed in July 2016:
  37.  [tr]
  38. Bugün
  39.  [tr]
  40.  [tr]
  41. Taraf
  44. Zaman
  45. Today's Zaman

Closed in October 2016:[3]

  1. Özgür Gündem
  2. Azadiya Welat

Magazines[]

The following magazines were shut down:

Closed in July 2016
  2. Aksiyon
  5.  [tr]
  8. Fountain
  9.  [tr]
  11. Nokta
  12. Sızıntı
  13. Turkish Left

Closed in October 2016:[4]

  1. ' '

Publishers[]

The following publishers were shut down:

  13. Kaynak

TV stations[]

The following sixteen television stations were shut down:

  2.  [tr]
  4.  [tr]
  5.  [tr]
  6.  [tr]
  8. Kanaltürk
  9.  [tr]
  10. Mehtap TV
  12. Samanyolu Haber
  13. Samanyolu TV
  15.  [tr]
  16. Yumurcak TV

Radio stations[]

The following radio stations were shut down:

  4.  [tr]
  5.  [tr]
  10.  [tr]
  11.  [tr]
  14.  [tr]
  17.  [tr]
  20.  [tr]

References[]

  1. ^ Gareth Jones; Ercan Gürses (28 July 2016). "Turkey shuts scores of media outlets, sacks generals". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b https://europeanjournalists.org/wp-content/themes/efj/humans.txt (2016-10-30). "Turkish government shuts down 15 Kurdish media outlets". European Federation of Journalists. Retrieved 2020-10-06. {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help)
  3. ^ "Turkish government shuts down 15 Kurdish media outlets". 30 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Turkish government shuts down 15 Kurdish media outlets". 30 October 2016.

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