# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2016-turkey-post-coup-media-closures)
- Source: Silencing Turkey's Media. https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/12/15/silencing-turkeys-media/governments-deepening-assault-critical-journalism
- 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

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/245. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.