Vienna-Sana
A new report on the scale of violations of the regime of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which is practiced against freedoms in all its forms in the framework of his continued policies to suppress dissent and how to mouth and strengthen his grip on power in Turkey.
The International Press Institute (IPI) said in a report published by Reuters that more than 120 Turkish journalists remain in prison in this system, which is a world record and proves that the media situation in Turkey has not improved significantly since the lifting of the state of emergency last year, which continued Two years.
Erdogan used the coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016 to impose a state of emergency in the country, which was considered by some Turkish MPs as a coup against constitutional legitimacy.He was arrested on the pretext of attempting tens of thousands of military and civilians, dismissing thousands of their jobs and severely tightening the media.
Hundreds of journalists have faced trial since the attempted coup on terrorism-related charges, according to the report, which also noted that “the story of egregious violations of fundamental rights lies in holding dozens of journalists on the most serious terrorism-related charges for months, sometimes years, pending trial and in many cases without official conviction. ”.
"The Erdogan regime has been the toughest jailer for journalists in the world for almost a decade, with journalists jailed as a result of a prolonged politically motivated campaign against the media," the report said. A third of the judges were among those removed from office on the pretext of their connection to the coup.
International criticism that Erdogan faces for his regime's violations of fundamental freedoms has not dissuaded him from repressing the press, which has been locked in abuses and arbitrariness amid gagging journalists and jailing journalists.
Reem Abu Turabi
