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Turkey takes state control of Halk TV, and Amnesty calls it a brutal attack on media freedom

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Amnesty on Turkish media crackdown: 'Disinformation flourishes when media landscape's narrowed down'
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The state takeover of Halk TV, one of Turkey's most widely watched news channels, is part of a wider erosion of media pluralism in Turkey, according to Amnesty International's Turkey campaigner Milena Buyum. She cites the appointment of state trustees, the detention of journalists and growing restrictions on independent digital platforms. Buyum calls the intervention a "brutal attack on media freedom in Turkey." She places it within a sustained crackdown on independent journalism that has intensified since March 2025.

This continues an earlier story: Turkish authorities raid Halk TV and take control of broadcaster

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  1. France 24

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    France 24 reports that Amnesty International's Turkey campaigner Milena Buyum describes the state takeover of Halk TV as a "brutal attack on media freedom in Turkey" and as part of a broader erosion of media pluralism.

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