It’s been reported that Turkey and its president Recep Erdogan have again targeted journalists and political cartoonists, jailing members of Yeni Asya Gazetesi under similar trumped up charges they’ve brought against other newspapers.
ExpressionInterrupted @ExInt24 tweeted “Yeni Asya chief editor Kazım Güleçyüz @gulecyuzk and the newspaper’s cartoonist Halil İbrahim Özdabak were just convicted of “spreading propaganda for terrorist group.” Güleçyüz was sentenced to prison term of 1 year and 8 months; Özdabak was given 1 year, 6 months and 22 days.”
Cartoonist Musa Kart, along with some of his fellow journalists from the newspaper Cumhuriyet were returned to prison a year ago after the government found them guilty of “supporting terrorism” by — um, reporting on groups the Turkish regime had labeled terrorists. (Kart was also apparently “guilty” of mocking despot and Trump’s BFF Erdogan in his cartoons.)
