Erdogan arrests mag. editors for "civil war" cover

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Two editors at critical magazine Nokta arrested in Turkey for election coverage

Istanbul, November 4, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the arrest of two editors in Istanbul Monday and calls on authorities to immediately release them. Cevheri Güven and Murat Çapan, of the privately owned weekly magazine Nokta, were arrested in their newsroom over a front-page cover on the results of Turkey's election, according to reports.

On Tuesday, Nokta's chief editor Güven, and news editor Çapan, appeared before the Istanbul 8th Penal Court of Peace, which ordered their detention pending an investigating of claims they incited an armed uprising against the state, according to German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle.

The charges are related to the post-election issue of Nokta, which is known in Turkey for being critical of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), according to local and international news reports. The magazine's front cover included an image of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the headline, "The beginning of Turkey's civil war," local and international press reported. Police obtained a court order for Internet service providers to block Nokta's website and for police to confiscate copies of the magazine, reports said. Nokta's website was inaccessible in Turkey on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press and a tweet from the magazine's account. The site was still blocked in Turkey today, but was available outside of the country, CPJ found.

"Instead of opening a new chapter in media policy after this weekend's elections, the Turkish government is continuing full bore with its crackdown on critical journalists and news outlets," CPJ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator Nina Ognianova said. "We call on authorities to immediately release Cevheri Güven and Murat Çapan, return Nokta to newsstands, and allow access to its online edition."

According to court documents shared by Nokta on its Twitter account on Tuesday, Istanbul Prosecutor Umut Tepe issued an order for police to detain and question Çapan and Güven over claims they were in violation of Article 214 of Turkey's Penal Code, which covers "provoking people to commit crimes."

According to court documents shared by Nokta on Twitter, Güven and Çapan denied any wrongdoing.

With the arrests of Güven and Çapan, the number of journalists imprisoned in Turkey is now at least 11, CPJ research shows. The country's press freedom record has significantly deteriorated in the past few months, CPJ research shows. Eight international press freedom groups, including CPJ, visited Istanbul and Ankara last month for meetings with local journalists, members of parliament, and foreign diplomats to discuss conditions for the press in Turkey. Following the visit, the Vienna-based International Press Institute, which led the mission, published a report highlighting the country's troubling press freedom climate.

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Erdoğan Is Rigging The whole Election In Turkey To Takeover The Nation.
Total Darkness Will Soon Loom The Middle East
By Walid Shoebat on October 31, 2015 in Featured, General
By Walid Shoebat
http://shoebat.com/2015/10/31/erdogan-is-rigging-the-whole-election-in-turkey-to-takeover-the-nation-total-darkness-will-soon-loom-the-middle-east/


  "Fuat Avni has proved to have startlingly accurate knowledge of events
   in Turkey before they happen. He is believed by some observers to be an
   insider in the administration of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He has
   captivated the country with his mostly reliable predictions of events.
   referring to the Turkish leader as "the Tyrant." Gyges was first known
   to the Greeks as "tyrant" and the one who introduced "tyranny" to the
   Greeks: he was called "tyrannous" or the tyrant one. Gyges of Lydia
   (Turkey) was the first to be called a tyrant, bears a striking
   similarity with the biblical Antichrist or "Gog".
   
   
   
   Erdoğan's grown authoritarian control over Turkey's judiciary,
   military, and press has sparked Fuat to release some insight which
   worries opposition parties in Turkey who have been alarmed Fuat's
   latest release that the results of the Sunday election could be rigged.
   The government whistleblower who tweets under the pseudonym Fuat Avni
   who argued that government figures are holding regular meetings on
   election fraud and the Anadolu news agency will play a central role by
   announcing public support as high as 55 percent for the AK Party on the
   night of the election.
   
   The Cihan news agency, the only other agency that reports on ballot box
   results all across Turkey, will be subjected to cyber attacks to
   prevent it from releasing the results of the ballot box, Fuat Avni also
   claimed.
   
   Potential election fraud also includes manipulating the computer-based
   elector record system (SEÇSİS). The Supreme Election Board (YSK),
   however, says the system is reliable.
   
   Erdal Aksünger, a chief adviser to the CHP chair, recently said that
   around 672,000 people who cast their votes in the June election are
   missing from the voter lists prepared for the Nov. 1 election.
   
   
   
   According to Aksünger, in addition to the approximately 672,000 missing
   names, about 422,000 new names that did not appear on the June 7
   election list have been added to the current voter lists.
   
   Then there is the takeover of critical media outlets owned by the İpek
   Media Group was denounced as illegal by the Turkish Bar Association
   (TBB).
   
   The election is vitally important for the future of democracy in Turkey
   as it is widely perceived as an election between an authoritarian
   government bordering on fascism by the Islamist AK Party and democracy.
   
   It is widely feared the interim ruling AK Party, which has been in
   power since the end of 2002, may resort to any means necessary to win
   the election and become more authoritarian, as it has been strongly
   beset by sweeping allegations of widespread corruption and illegal
   activities such as providing weapons to radical rebel groups in Syria.
   
   The whistleblower who tweets under the pseudonym Fuat Avni also claimed
   in the past week that President Erdoğan is preparing a "massive"
   crackdown on critical media outlets following Sunday's election.
   
   Claiming that the seizure of İpek Media Group was directly orchestrated
   by Erdoğan, the whistleblower said: "[Erdoğan] is in the process of
   materializing his long-planned coup on media outlets. He is creating a
   state within the state. The raid on the İpek Media Group will continue.
   Sözcü, Cumhuriyet and Doğan media are the next targets."
   
   Taking over critical media outlets just before the election will not
   only prevent the opposition parties from communicating their messages
   but also give a distinct advantage to the AK Party, which already
   enjoys the support of dozens of pro-government media outlets.
   
   The remaining media outlets that are critical and independent of the
   government line are also under risk of unlawful seizure. Just like Koza
   İpek, the Doğan and Feza media groups are currently facing anti-terror
   probes through government-backed judicial investigations.
   
   In yet another instance of pressure over the critical media, seven
   critical television channels were recently dropped from TV streaming
   platforms, muffling the opposition's voice.
   
   The state-owned Turkish Satellite Communications Company (Türksat) also
   recently notified Irmak TV, Bugün TV and Kanaltürk, known for their
   critical stance against the government, that their contracts would not
   be renewed as of November.
   
   The channels were told to remove their platforms from Türksat's
   infrastructure by the end of the last month.
   
   Türksat's move to drop Irmak TV, Bugün TV and Kanaltürk is the latest
   instance of TV streaming platforms removing channels critical of the
   government and means that viewers will not be able to tune in to the
   channels on any platform, with the exception of the channels' own
   online streaming applications.
   
   Similarly, Digiturk, Turkcell TV+, Tivibu, Teledünya and Kablo TV
   removed last month seven TV channels critical of the government, namely
   Bugün TV, Mehtap TV, Kanaltürk, Samanyolu TV, S Haber, Irmak TV and
   Yumurcak TV from their services.
   
   The removal came based on an order from the Ankara Chief Public
   Prosecutor's Office on the suspicion that the TV channels support a
   terrorist organization.
   
   To read full report access Today's Zaman
   
   

  Trevor • 4 days ago
   
   I have been following the news from Turkey for some time and it doesn't
   cease to amuse me how western media are wringing their hands so fearful
   of the "democracy" process in Turkey. Truth is, the fate of Turkey have
   already been decided.
   
   Problem are some folks have jumped off the Turkey's bandwagon and have
   gone all-in with Iran, not knowing that they need to explain away
   Revelation 13, and the "coincidence" between the similarities of
   Revelation 13 and Daniel's fourth beast (Daniel 7). Both have 10 horns.
   Both were told by the Angels that both were ten kings. Yet, Revelation
   contain further clues, and that is, the 10 kings will surrender their
   authority to the beast (the little horn Daniel saw). Both beasts will
   wear down the saints of the Most High.
   
   The majority of four kingdoms that arose after Alexander the Great's
   death concentrated largely in Asia, with the Selecuid Dynasty holding
   the largest territory. Yet, some do not connect the dots. The
   Sykes-Picot Agreement broke up that territory and Erdogan wants to end
   Sykes-Picot. By the way, we are fast approaching the 100th anniversary
   of the implementation of the Sykes-Picot which was agreed between
   Britian and France, two nations with liberal government and Muslims
   problems. This is not a coincidence. Another missing connection that
   few refuse to acknowledge, is that Saudi Arabia was the biggest
   benefactor behind the Sykes-Picot. For the time being, Turkey is
   consorting with Saudi Arabia but she is being played like a cheap
   fiddle. In the end, Turkey will look the other way as Iran and the
   ancient people of the Medes, the Kurds that is, among other people will
   destroy Saudi Arabia.
   
   The next few months, we should continue to see rapid convergence of
   ancient Biblical prophecies falling in place leading up to the Glorious
   Appearing of Our Great God and Savior, Jesus Christ."





Polling clerks checking the votes. (Photo: Cihan)
Turkey goes to polls with critical media silenced, rumors of election fraud circulating
October 31, 2015, Saturday/ 17:00:00/  AYDIN ALBAYRAK / ANKARA
http://www.todayszaman.com/national_turkey-goes-to-polls-with-critical-media-silenced-rumors-of-election-fraud-circulating_402957.html

  "Turkey is holding a general election on Sunday not only at a time when
   critical media outlets are under heavy government pressure, but also
   when there are significant fears by the opposition about possible
   electoral fraud at the ballot box.
   
   Just days before the pivotal election, partisan trustees were appointed
   to take over the management of Koza İpek Holding, which also owns some
   critical media outlets, based on a controversial court order at the
   beginning of the week.
   
   The move has been blasted by the opposition, the Turkish Bar
   Association and media organizations alike as an unlawful seizure and a
   coup against the rule of law.
   
   "This is an outright [illegal] seizure by force," Nationalist Movement
   Party (MHP) Deputy Chairman Celal Adan told Sunday's Zaman, arguing the
   takeover is aimed at preventing the public from receiving information
   ahead of the election from outlets that are not under government
   control.
   
   There are rumors circulating that the interim ruling Justice and
   Development Party (AK Party) may attempt to rig ballot boxes on Nov. 1
   to be able to come to power alone.
   
   In the general election on June 7, the AK Party got 258 deputies in
   Parliament by receiving 41 percent of the vote. It needs an additional
   18 deputies, which would give it an absolute majority in Parliament, to
   come to power alone.
   
    Opposition concerned about vote rigging
   
    Opposition parties have been alarmed by claims that the results of the
   Sunday election could be manipulated.
   
   Their concerns were reinforced by a government whistleblower who tweets
   under the pseudonym Fuat Avni. In some of his latest tweets, Fuat Avni
   argued government figures are holding regular meetings on election
   fraud and the Anadolu news agency will play a central role by
   announcing public support as high as 55 percent for the AK Party on the
   night of the election.
   
   The Cihan news agency, the only other agency that reports on ballot box
   results all across Turkey, will be subjected to cyber attacks to
   prevent it from releasing the results of the ballot box, Fuat Avni also
   claimed.
   
   Potential election fraud also includes manipulating the computer-based
   elector record system (SEÇSİS). The Supreme Election Board (YSK),
   however, says the system is reliable.
   
   Despite such assurances, the main opposition Republican People's Party
   (CHP), the MHP and the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) have
   installed similar systems in their party headquarters as a precaution.
   
   Erdal Aksünger, a chief adviser to the CHP chair, recently told
   Sunday's Zaman the party will compare the ballot box results with the
   data sent by the party's members to the CHP headquarters on election
   night.
   
   The main opposition CHP is being particularly careful to develop ways
   to prevent possible election fraud. The main opposition party is
   concerned because since his election to office President Recep Tayyip
   Erdoğan has regularly met with muhtars, the lowest-level local
   administrators including village headmen.
   
   "This gives the impression of a possible election fraud that could
   involve them," Erdal Aksünger, a chief adviser to the CHP chair,
   recently told Sunday's Zaman.
   
   Noting that the voting cards of those who are not considering casting
   their votes in the election are kept by these local administrators,
   Aksünger said: "We have doubts [over] what [might] happen to these
   certificates. We are taking some measures on this matter, but we also
   believe the YSK should take strong measures to prevent systematic
   election fraud."
   

    '672,000 people missing from voter lists'
     
    Aksünger said at the beginning of the week the names of around 672,000
   people who cast their votes in the June election are missing from the
   voter lists prepared for the Nov. 1 election.
   
   According to Aksünger, in addition to the approximately 672,000 missing
   names, about 422,000 new names that did not appear on the June 7
   election list have been added to the current voter lists.
   
   Noting that perhaps some 200,000 people may have died since the June
   election, Aksünger said: "But there are still [at least] 472,000 others
   unaccounted for. On the other hand, there are 422,000 additional voters
   on the lists of the Nov. 1 election. This is interesting and we believe
   this is something that needs to be investigated for the sake of
   election security."
   
   Given that the AK Party narrowly lost a seat in the June election in
   some provinces but won some seats in the same manner in other
   provinces, the mobility of voters is unsettling.
   
   For instance, in Amasya, which is represented by three deputies in
   Parliament, the MHP lost one seat to the AK Party by only 681 votes.
   
   The MHP also lost three seats to the AK Party in the provinces of
   Malatya, Çankırı and Çorum by garnering approximately 1,500 fewer
   votes. Similarly, in Ankara's second constituency, the provinces of
   Kırklareli, Karaman, Şanlıurfa and Düzce, the AK Party beat the MHP by
   margins ranging from 5,000 to 8,000 votes.
   
   The MHP also has concerns about election security. MHP Deputy Chair
   Semih Yalçın recently told Sunday's Zaman, "We are taking measures
   because we have not ruled out the possibility that they [AK Party] may
   commit election fraud."

   
    Bar association says seizure on shaky legal ground
     
    The takeover of critical media outlets owned by the İpek Media Group
   was denounced as illegal by the Turkish Bar Association (TBB).
   
   TTB head Metin Feyzioğlu said on Wednesday when the police raided the
   İstanbul headquarters of the media group that the court's decision does
   not have legal grounds.
   
   In a written statement, Feyzioğlu said: "We see the decision to appoint
   trustees to the Koza İpek group was made despite the fact that the
   conditions set by Article 133 of the Criminal Code of Procedures [CMK]
   were not met. It is not understood why there was a need to assign
   trustees to collect evidence to show [the culpability of company]. ...
   This appointment of trustees violates many basic rights and liberties,
   such as the right to property and freedom of the press."
   
   Article 30 of the Constitution says: "A printing house and its annexes,
   duly established as a press enterprise under law, and press equipment
   shall not be seized, confiscated or barred from operation on the
   grounds of having been used in a crime."
   
   According to the MHP's Adan, the seizure of critical media outlets
   indicates the AK Party is worried that it will fail in the election.
   
   The election is vitally important for the future of democracy in Turkey
   as it is widely perceived as an election between an authoritarian
   government bordering on fascism by the Islamist AK Party and democracy.
   
   It is widely feared the interim ruling AK Party, which has been in
   power since the end of 2002, may resort to any means necessary to win
   the election and become more authoritarian, as it has been strongly
   beset by sweeping allegations of widespread corruption and illegal
   activities such as providing weapons to radical rebel groups in Syria.
   
   "No matter what they do, they [AK Party] will lose power on Nov. 1 and
   will be called to account before law for the unlawfulness, the unjust
   seizure," the MHP's Adan noted.
   
   Many in Turkey are concerned the government crackdown on critical and
   independent media has reached such a point that takeovers will soon
   extend to other media groups.
   
   Government whistleblower Fuat Avni, whose earlier prophecies have been
   found to be true, claimed back in August Koza İpek and later the Doğan
   Media Group would be seized by the government.

   
    CHP deputy: 'Despotic regimes silence critical media'
     
    The whistleblower who tweets under the pseudonym Fuat Avni also
   claimed in the past week that President Erdoğan is preparing a
   "massive" crackdown on critical media outlets following Sunday's
   election.
   
   Claiming that the seizure of İpek Media Group was directly orchestrated
   by Erdoğan, the whistleblower said: "[Erdoğan] is in the process of
   materializing his long-planned coup on media outlets. He is creating a
   state within the state. The raid on the İpek Media Group will continue.
   Sözcü, Cumhuriyet and Doğan media are the next targets."
   
   According to Mahmut Tanal, a deputy of the main opposition CHP, the
   government-backed seizure is aimed at preventing the public from being
   informed about reports that would put the government in trouble.
   
   In remarks to Sunday's Zaman, Tanal, who is a lawyer by profession,
   said, "The most characteristic feature of despotic regimes is the
   silencing of the [critical] media."
   
   The takeover of the holding was carried out based on an expert's
   opinion which said there was no fault in the accounting reports of the
   holding. The prosecutor argued, in his notice, that it is dubious that
   a holding has such clean accounting practices given that it is almost
   impossible in Turkey to achieve such a thing.
   
   The trustees appointed to manage the critical media outlets -- which
   include Bugün and Kanaltürk television channels and Bugün and Millet
   dailies -- are either members of the AK Party, relatives of AK Party
   members or people who formerly worked for pro-government media groups.
   
   According to the relevant law, trustees are required to be independent
   and impartial figures.
   
   Both the TV stations were taken off air on Wednesday. The
   editors-in-chief of the Bugün news channel and the Bugün daily -- Tarık
   Toros and Erhan Başyurt, respectively -- as well as some reporters
   working for İpek Media Group were dismissed following the seizure
   carried out by the use of police force.
   
   Riot police stormed the headquarters of Koza İpek media outlets in
   İstanbul shortly after dawn on Wednesday, with journalists from the
   paper making fruitless efforts to prevent them from entering the
   building and eventually cutting the broadcast.
    The seizure is seen by many as an attempt to silence critical media
   and opposition figures' voices.
   
   Taking over critical media outlets just before the election will not
   only prevent the opposition parties from communicating their messages
   but also give a distinct advantage to the AK Party, which already
   enjoys the support of dozens of pro-government media outlets.
   
   Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) member İsmet Demirdöğen
   told Bugün TV shortly before it was taken off air that the law does not
   allow police to enter the premises of a company placed in guardianship.
   
   "This is out of the question. ... The Constitution only allows the
   trustees to enter the building but not to intervene in broadcasting,"
   he said.
   
   The remaining media outlets that are critical and independent of the
   government line are also under risk of unlawful seizure. Just like Koza
   İpek, the Doğan and Feza media groups are currently facing anti-terror
   probes through government-backed judicial investigations.
   
   Just a day after the court's decision to appoint trustees, an AK Party
   deputy, Aydın Ünal, threatened the remaining critical media outlets,
   saying they would also be brought to account after Sunday's election.
   
   After accusing the critical media of hate crimes and discrimination,
   Ünal said, speaking on the pro-government television station A Haber:
   "We are not in a really comfortable environment right now. However,
   after the Nov. 1 election, they [critical media outlets] will all be
   brought to account."
   
   Ünal is a former top adviser to President Erdoğan, who headed AK Party
   governments for years before being elected president last year.

   
    'Silencing opposition is fascism'
     
    According to Ruhsar Demirel, another MHP deputy chairman, the seizure
   by force of the media outlets is evidence enough of the country's
   transition into fascism from authoritarianism.
   
   Noting that the move aims, ahead of the election, to deprive the
   opposition of channels by which it can communicate its message to the
   public, Demirel told Sunday's Zaman, "Silencing the opposition is
   fascism."
   
   She added that concerns about election security are at an all-time high
   given such unprecedented pressure over the media.
   
   The Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TÜSİAD)
   expressed concerns about arbitrariness in the takeover of the critical
   media outlets in a statement, saying, "The society should be persuaded
   that the measures taken [in the Koza İpek probe] are proportionate and
   not arbitrary."
   
   TÜSİAD also warned that doubts over the correctness of a judicial
   decision such as appointing trustees to a company would deal a severe
   blow to the business and investment environment in the country.
   
   A media mogul, Aydın Doğan, owner of Doğan Media Group, said at the
   beginning of October that he has never witnessed during his 40 years in
   the sector the kind of pressure the media is faced with today.
   
   "I witnessed periods of martial law as well as many other [tense] times
   of pressure on the media. However, I have never seen this much pressure
   put on journalists," Doğan told reporters following a visit to a
   Hürriyet daily columnist who had shortly before been beaten by some
   figures linked with the AK Party.
   
   Ahmet Hakan of the Hürriyet daily, which is part of the Doğan media,
   was attacked after a pro-government columnist, Cem Küçük of the Star
   daily, issued death threats to Coşkun over his critical comments on
   Erdoğan and the government.
   
   Küçük targeted Coşkun, saying, "We can smash you like a fly."
   
   Freedom House, a leading watchdog organization dedicated to the
   expansion of freedom and democracy around the world, denounced the
   takeover of a large media group in what it said was a "politically
   motivated" move, highlighting that the latest crackdown damages the
   fairness of the upcoming parliamentary election. "The government's
   seizure of Koza İpek undermines the fairness of the Nov. 1
   parliamentary elections," Robert Herman, vice president for
   international programs at Freedom House, said in a statement.
   
   In yet another instance of pressure over the critical media, seven
   critical television channels were recently dropped from TV streaming
   platforms, muffling the opposition's voice.
   
   The state-owned Turkish Satellite Communications Company (Türksat) also
   recently notified Irmak TV, Bugün TV and Kanaltürk, known for their
   critical stance against the government, that their contracts would not
   be renewed as of November.
   
   The channels were told to remove their platforms from Türksat's
   infrastructure by the end of the last month.
   
   Türksat's move to drop Irmak TV, Bugün TV and Kanaltürk is the latest
   instance of TV streaming platforms removing channels critical of the
   government and means that viewers will not be able to tune in to the
   channels on any platform, with the exception of the channels' own
   online streaming applications.
   
   Similarly, Digiturk, Turkcell TV+, Tivibu, Teledünya and Kablo TV
   removed last month seven TV channels critical of the government, namely
   Bugün TV, Mehtap TV, Kanaltürk, Samanyolu TV, S Haber, Irmak TV and
   Yumurcak TV from their services.
   
   The removal came based on an order from the Ankara Chief Public
   Prosecutor's Office on the suspicion that the TV channels support a
   terrorist organization.
   
   The removed TV channels are close to the faith-based Gülen movement,
   inspired by Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, against which the
   government and President Erdoğan has been conducting a large-scale
   smear campaign since the graft probes of December 2013.
   
   A report made public by the İstanbul Institute's Center of Media and
   Communication Studies in May also highlighted the fact that government
   pressure on the media over the past several years has become more
   intense than ever.
   
   In December 2014, in a government-led crackdown against the Zaman daily
   and the Samanyolu television channel, daily's then editor-in-chief
   Ekrem Dumanlı and the TV channel's general manager Hidayet Karaca were
   detained on charges of establishing and leading a terrorist
   organization.
   
   Some soap opera scriptwriters and police officers were also detained in
   the operation on Dec. 14, 2013.
   
   Despite the lack of any solid evidence, Karaca and three police
   officers have remained, behind bars since then, while Dumanlı, the
   script writers and the producers of soap opera "Sungurlar" were
   released pending trial.
   
   Both Zaman and Samanyolu are also critical media outlets that are close
   to Gülen, whose teachings are an inspiration for millions of people.
   
   Ali Aslan Kılıç contributed to this report.

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https://www.cpj.org/2015/11/two-editors-at-critical-magazine-nokta-arrested-in.php

Alerts   |   Turkey
Two editors at critical magazine Nokta
arrested in Turkey for election coverage

  "Istanbul, November 4, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists
   condemns the arrest of two editors in Istanbul Monday and calls on
   authorities to immediately release them. Cevheri Güven and Murat Çapan,
   of the privately owned weekly magazine Nokta, were arrested in their
   newsroom over a front-page cover on the results of Turkey's election,
   according to reports.
   
   On Tuesday, Nokta's chief editor Güven, and news editor Çapan, appeared
   before the Istanbul 8th Penal Court of Peace, which ordered their
   detention pending an investigating of claims they incited an armed
   uprising against the state, according to German public broadcaster
   Deutsche Welle.
   
   The charges are related to the post-election issue of Nokta, which is
   https://twitter.com/noktadergi/status/660875643794661376
   known in Turkey for being critical of the ruling Justice and
   Development Party (AKP), according to local and international news
   reports. The magazine's front cover included an image of President
   Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the headline, "The beginning of Turkey's civil
   war," local and international press reported. Police obtained a court
   order for Internet service providers to block Nokta's website and for
   police to confiscate copies of the magazine, reports said. Nokta's
   website was inaccessible in Turkey on Tuesday, according to The
   Associated Press and a tweet from the magazine's account. The site was
   https://twitter.com/noktadergi/status/661483092104859649
   still blocked in Turkey today, but was available outside of the
   country, CPJ found.
   
   "Instead of opening a new chapter in media policy after this weekend's
   elections, the Turkish government is continuing full bore with its
   crackdown on critical journalists and news outlets," CPJ Europe and
   Central Asia Program Coordinator Nina Ognianova said. "We call on
   authorities to immediately release Cevheri Güven and Murat Çapan,
   return Nokta to newsstands, and allow access to its online edition."
   
   According to court documents shared by Nokta on its Twitter account on
    https://twitter.com/noktadergi/status/661188888279556096
   Tuesday, Istanbul Prosecutor Umut Tepe issued an order for police to
   detain and question Çapan and Güven over claims they were in violation
   of Article 214 of Turkey's Penal Code, which covers "provoking people
   to commit crimes."
   
   According to court documents shared by Nokta on Twitter, Güven and
   Çapan denied any wrongdoing.
   https://twitter.com/noktadergi/status/661541115846332416
   
   With the arrests of Güven and Çapan, the number of journalists
   imprisoned in Turkey is now at least 11, CPJ research shows. The
   country's press freedom record has significantly deteriorated in the
   past few months, CPJ research shows. Eight international press freedom
   groups, including CPJ, visited Istanbul and Ankara last month for
   meetings with local journalists, members of parliament, and foreign
   diplomats to discuss conditions for the press in Turkey. Following the
   visit, the Vienna-based International Press Institute, which led the
   mission, published a report highlighting the country's troubling press
   freedom climate.   
   

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   Tags Arrested, Blocked, Censored, Cevheri Güven, Imprisoned, Internet,
        Murat Çapan, Nokta

   Published November 4, 2015 5:41 PM ET Short URL   https://cpj.org/x/662f
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Inside Erdoğan's Crackdown On Turkey's Free Press
by Journeyman Pictures , Published on Jul 20, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usuZT2qIWOY
"Erdoğan's Crackdown: Has Erdoğan used the failed putsch as a pretext
   for stamping out political opposition?

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   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e96aV...
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   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7zvX...
   The Turkish Kurds Declaring Autonomy From The State
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krxv6...
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