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Turkey arrested journalist who belittled President Erdogan’s virus campaign

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Hakan Aygun, a veteran Turkish journalist has been arrested for inciting hatred with a social media post that belittled President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s campaign to raise funds for victims of the coronavirus outbreak. He was arrested in the southwestern province of Mugla.

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