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July 28, 2016updated 17 Aug 2016 11:21am

Turkey’s president Erdogan orders closure of 131 media organisations as crackdown intensifies

By Freddy Mayhew

More than one hundred media organisations have been ordered to close in Turkey as the backlash after the failed attempt to overthrow its president intensifies.

The state-owned Resmi Gazete has announced 45 newspapers, 29 publishing houses, 23 radio stations, 16 TV channels, 15 magazines and three news agencies are to close, according to the International Federation of Journalists.

This comes after Turkish authorities issued a total of 89 detention warrants for journalists this week, including 47 editorial staff at the Zaman newspaper, as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to target those suspected of involvement in the coup attempt on 16 July.

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