Ankara-Sana
The President of the Turkish regime Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the enemy of the most basic human rights, the most important of which is freedom of the press and expression of opinion.
"Erdogan, through his control over the entire judiciary, no longer needs any argument to get bigger," lawyer Karam Karakurt told a press conference in Istanbul, denouncing the ongoing arrests of journalists opposed to Erdogan. As many journalists and intellectuals in prison as long as they bother him with their writing. ”
"This year has witnessed more arbitrary transactions against media professionals. In the first nine months of this year, 52 journalists were arrested and prosecutors filed various charges against 32 journalists and lawsuits were filed against 25 journalists," Erdogan said. A journalist was jailed for 138 years, 17 months and 18 days.
The Erdogan regime has pursued repressive policies against its opponents and opponents, citing the attempted coup that took place in the summer of 2016 and carried out a campaign of arrests and dismissals, which affected tens of thousands in all civil and military institutions of the state in addition to the suppression of press freedom and the closure of many newspapers, media and websites in order to impose a state of emergency in the country .
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