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Turkey’s emergency rule leaves devastating legacy

Forced closure of Halkın Nabzı newspaper illustrative of assault on press freedom by decree

Turkey’s emergency rule leaves devastating legacy

Since the attempted coup of July 16, 2016, civil society and the legal landscape in Turkey have been drastically altered by the issuing of hundreds of so-called “non-governmental decrees” under Turkey’s state of emergency, which ends today.

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