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Turkey Raids Pro-Opposition TV Station

New York Times14 October 2026, 13:18 UTCTurkey

The government appointed its own manager of the last big news channel to be critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The authorities have now replaced leadership at five major news outlets.

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