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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]

News agencies

The following four news agencies were shut down:

  1. Cihan News Agency
  2. Muhabir News Agency
  3. SEM News Agency
  4. Urfa News Agency

Newspapers

The following newspapers were shut down:

Magazines

The following magazines were shut down:

Publishers

The following publishers were shut down:

TV stations

The following sixteen television stations were shut down:

Radio stations

The following radio stations were shut down:

References

  1. ^ Gareth Jones; Ercan Gürses (28 July 2016). "Turkey shuts scores of media outlets, sacks generals". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 28 July 2016.