Turkey police shut down pro-Kurdish TV channel
‘Turkish police have raided the headquarters of a pro-Kurdish television channel amid Ankara’s crackdown on media outlets following the failed coup of July 15.
Police raided the IMC TV headquarters in Istanbul and stopped its broadcast while it was live on air on Tuesday. Cables were removed from the control room to ensure all broadcasts were cut.
Images showed dozens of staff who crowded the news studio in a final show of defiance, chanting, “Free media will not be silenced.”‘
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