Erdogan’s Turkey Turns Top Jailer as Rivals See Power Grab
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Turkey’s jailing of 17 journalists since September is fuelling accusations that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s changes to the legal system are designed to eliminate opponents rather than harmonize laws with the European Union.
Police arrested investigative reporter Ahmet Sik, whom prosecutors alleged was involved in a coup conspiracy, in March. There are 57 reporters in prison in Turkey, according to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, making the country the world’s top jailer of journalists, data compiled by the International Press Institute show.