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Purge of academia and critical press (2015–2018)

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label
Purge of academia and critical press (2015–2018)
country
Turkey
authorization actor
President Erdoğan; emergency decrees; prosecutors
created at
2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00
end date text
2016-10-31
id
TUR-CAMP-002
incident count
5
incident ids
needs review
false
notes
Drafted Sep 23 2026 from the incident records — review label, dates and trigger wording.
start date text
2015-11-26
trigger event
Criminal prosecution of critical journalists and academics from late 2015, massively scaled by the July 15, 2016 coup attempt and the emergency decree regime.
trigger type
TR-01: External Political Event

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