Critical journalists arrested in Turkey

Critical journalists arrested in Turkey

World November 2, 2015 20:00

ankara - A Turkish Left magazine reported Monday that police have searched his offices and two journalists have been arrested who had written critically about the elections. The latest edition of the journal Nokta had to cover the head ' the beginning of civil war "after Sunday's ruling AK party had taken an absolute majority.

Human rights movements and the opposition accuse the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan its critical media silence. In the days before the election were seized two opposition newspapers and two TV stations taken off the air.

It is not the first time that had Nokta the police over the floor. Two months ago it happened that after the publication of a ' selfie ' with a smiling Erdogan and the coffin of a soldier. That was a reference to his statements that the relatives of fallen soldiers in the fight against the Kurds may be happy with their martyrdom.

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