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The author stated that the Turkish authorities took control of the opposition television Halk TV, which he described as one of the most-watched news stations in the country. According to him, the police occupied its Istanbul headquarters, interrupted live broadcasts, and a state-appointed administrator took over its management. He added that the prosecutor's office was investigating alleged corruption and money laundering. #Turecko #HalkTV #žurnalismus #TR (translated)

"A raid on a television channel, appointing a trustee – only dictators would do something like this." Özgür Özel, the chairman of Yeni Parti, also responded to the attack on X: "A raid on a television channel, appointing a trustee – only dictators would do something like this." #Persvrijheid #Turkije #HalkTV (translated)

The Turkish authorities conducted a raid on the opposition-aligned TV channel Halk TV during a live broadcast and appointed an administrator, while the owner is accused of bribery and money laundering, which is viewed by human rights organizations and Turkish opposition leaders as a serious violation of press freedom. #Persvrijheid #Turkije #HalkTV (translated)

Storming into a television station in the early morning and appointing a director is something only dictators would do. Unfortunately, that is exactly what they have done to our country," Özel reacted on X. Turkey "must rebuild the democratic dikes," Özel argued in an opinion piece published by Volkskrant on Tuesday. #HalkTV #Persvrijheid #Turkije (translated)

"I believe Erdoğan will do what I ask him." How much the government media now censors news that is uncomfortable for Erdoğan was demonstrated only on Tuesday when US President Donald Trump stated that he would ask Erdoğan for Turkish help for Saudi Arabia in the war against the Houthis in Yemen: "I believe Erdoğan will do what I ask him." #HalkTV #Meinungsfreiheit #Türkei (translated)

The police stormed the government-critical broadcaster Halk-TV in Turkey, thereby ending the broadcast before the defense speech of the imprisoned presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu, which opposition leaders criticized as a sign of the increasingly authoritarian rule of the Erdoğan government. #HalkTV #Meinungsfreiheit #Türkei (translated)

The Turkish police have intervened in Halk TV, one of the last opposition channels in the country, detaining 11 people and suspending its broadcasts amid a growing wave of censorship targeted at media critical of the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. #LibertadDePrensa #CensuraEnTurquía #HalkTV (translated)