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  "value": "Outlets accused of Gulen movement ties",
  "statement": "The government accused the closed outlets of collaborating with the movement it blamed for the coup attempt.",
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  "evidence_quote": "suspected of 'collaborating' with the movement headed by the US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen, which the authorities say was responsible for the 15 July abortive coup.",
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  "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/claims/243",
  "subject_url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2016-turkey-post-coup-media-closures",
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    "url": "https://rsf.org/en/turkey-latest-escalation-102-media-outlets-closed-decree",
    "final_url": "https://rsf.org/en/turkey-latest-escalation-102-media-outlets-closed-decree",
    "title": "Turkey: in latest escalation, 102 media outlets closed by decree",
    "publisher": "Reporters Without Borders (RSF)",
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