Journalists in Turkey are working in difficult conditions, constantly prevails over them, the risk of dismissal for a particular article, objectionable to the authorities. According to the newspaper the Hurriyet Daily News, since the beginning of this year lost their jobs 894 media workers.
Many Internet resources belonging to different Newspapers or news agencies (primarily Kurdish), were blocked. In General, this trend has 104 thousand web pages.
Since January, 33 were arrested journalist, the case 12 of them were brought to trial. Another 12 journalists were convicted of “insulting the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Two Newspapers and one Agency made “shut up” after the appointment of the Board of Trustees for their affiliation with opposition leader Fethullah Gulen. In Ankara believe that his supporters are trying to discredit the current government and to oust him.
Similarly, earlier, the authorities arrived with several media houses, accusing them of promoting terrorism, the support of the Kurdistan workers party, or financial fraud.
It is also noted that the attacks from the beginning has been about 200 media representatives.
According to the newspaper, “the voice of the opposition in the Turkish media are silenced, and journalism is under pressure and censorship”.
