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Claim 245

The first major post-coup decree named 131 media outlets for closure.

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

Statement: The first major post-coup decree named 131 media outlets for closure.
Field: action
Value: 131 outlets named in the first major decree
About: incident 2016-turkey-post-coup-media-closures
Source: Silencing Turkey's Media archived copy
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2016-12-15

Quotation from the source

131 media outlets, including 45 newspapers, 16 TV channels, three news agencies, 23 radio stations, 15 magazines and 29 publishing houses