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Turkey Temporarily Closes Pro-Kurdish Daily for Spreading Propaganda - Reports

© AP Photo / Cagdas ErdoganA militant of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, stands at a barricade in Sirnak, Turkey, late Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015.
A militant of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, stands at a barricade in Sirnak, Turkey, late Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. - Sputnik International
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An Istanbul court on Tuesday ordered the temporarily closure of the pro-Kurdish daily newspaper Ozgur Gundem, Hurriyet newspaper reported.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The daily was closed for supposedly acting as a propaganda machine for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the organization outlawed in Turke.

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This is not the first time the daily has found itself under pressure. On June 20, a Turkish court ordered the arrest and pre-trial detention of a journalist for the paper, Erol Onderoglu, and his two colleagues, Ahmet Nesin and Sebnem Korur Fincanci, who have been charged with spreading terror propaganda while participating in a campaign of solidarity with Ozgur Gundem.

Turkey's crackdown on journalists and restrictions on freedom of speech have been condemned by the international community, including Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the United Nations, the United States, the European Union and Russia.

Turkey ranks 151st out of 180 countries in the RSF 2016 press freedom index.

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