# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2016-turkey-post-coup-media-closures)
- Source: Turkey: in latest escalation, 102 media outlets closed by decree. https://rsf.org/en/turkey-latest-escalation-102-media-outlets-closed-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

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/242. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.