Claim 242

A single decree closed dozens of newspapers, television channels, radio stations, news agencies and magazines.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: A single decree closed dozens of newspapers, television channels, radio stations, news agencies and magazines.
Field: action
Value: 102 outlets closed by decree
About: incident 2016-turkey-post-coup-media-closures
Source: Turkey: in latest escalation, 102 media outlets closed by decree
Publisher: Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2016-10-29

Quotation from the source

45 newspapers, 16 TV channels, 23 radio stations, three news agencies and 15 magazines